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noun
1.
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
2.
Usually, regions. the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one: the regions of the firmament; the regions of the mind.
3.
a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent: a tropical region.
4.
a district without respect to boundaries or extent: a charming region in Connecticut.
5.
EXPANDa part or division of the universe, as the heavens: a galactic region.
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a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere: a region of authority.
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an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field: studies in the region of logic.
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an administrative division of a city or territory.
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Zoogeography. a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area.
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Anatomy. a place in or a division of the body or a part of the body: the abdominal region.
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COLLAPSEOrigin:
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French regiun < Latin regiōn- (stem of regiō) direction, line, boundary, equivalent to reg(ere) to rule + -iōn- -ion
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French regiun < Latin regiōn- (stem of regiō) direction, line, boundary, equivalent to reg(ere) to rule + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
un·der·re·gion, noun
Synonyms
1. area, section, portion. 4. locale, site, tract, quarter.
1. area, section, portion. 4. locale, site, tract, quarter.
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Word Origin & History
region
early 14c., from Anglo-Fr. regioun, O.Fr. region, from L. regionem (nom. regio) "direction, boundary, district, country," from regere "to direct, rule" (see regal).
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Medical Dictionary
region re·gion (rē'jən)
n.
An area of the body having natural or arbitrary boundaries.
A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply.
A part of an organ with a special function.
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