area

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
noun a subject of study
noun a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

Learned borrowing from Latin ārea.

Increase of the cotton area. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
The Nautilus is approaching populated areas. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
These are your areas of expertise. — Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse

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