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- [air-ee-uh]
- /ˈɛər i ə/
- /ˈeəriə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [air-ee-uh]
- /ˈɛər i ə/
Definitions of area word
- countable noun area An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world. 3
- countable noun area Your area is the part of a town, country, or region where you live. An organization's area is the part of a town, country, or region that it is responsible for. 3
- countable noun area A particular area is a piece of land or part of a building that is used for a particular activity. 3
- countable noun area An area is a particular place on a surface or object, for example on your body. 3
- variable noun area The area of a surface such as a piece of land is the amount of flat space or ground that it covers, measured in square units. 3
- countable noun area You can use area to refer to a particular subject or topic, or to a particular part of a larger, more general situation or activity. 3
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Origin of area
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; < Latin ārea vacant piece of level ground, open space in a town, threshing floor; perhaps akin to ārēre to be dry. See arid
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Parts of speech for Area
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
area popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
area usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for area
noun area
- field — Cyrus West, 1819–92, U.S. financier: projector of the first Atlantic cable.
- operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- range — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- space — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- breadth — The breadth of something is the distance between its two sides.
adjective area
- local — low-cal.
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- zonal — of or relating to a zone or zones.
Antonyms for area
noun area
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
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