English dictionary
region
nounPronunciation
ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
noun
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
noun
- the extended spatial location of something
noun
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
noun
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
Example sentences
in the abdominal region
it was a limited realm of discourse
here we enter the region of opinion
the realm of the occult
the farming regions of France
religions in all parts of the world
regions of outer space
penguins inhabit the polar regions
it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
the price is in the neighborhood of $100