area

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

   the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants

2. 2
   noun

   the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

   the area of a rectangle

3. 3
   noun

   a subject of study

   The doctor's area of expertise was in cardiovascular health.

4. 4
   noun

   a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

   it was a mountainous area

5. 5
   noun

   A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

   It is about 4.5 million square kilometers in area and holds the world’s third largest collection of ice after Antarctica and Greenland.

6. 6
   noun

   A particular geographic region.

   Eggimann used a computer algorithm to analyze data from the open-source geographic database OpenStreetMap and automatically detect areas with the superblock potential. He applied this analysis to 5 km x 5 km areas of the city center in 18 different cities around the world.

7. 7
   noun

   Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

   The photo is a little dark in that area.

8. 8
   noun

   The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.

   The plans are a bit vague in that area.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ārea.