realm
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noun
1.
a royal domain; kingdom: the realm of England.
2.
the region, sphere, or domain within which anything occurs, prevails, or dominates: the realm of dreams.
3.
the special province or field of something or someone: the realm of physics; facts within the realm of political scientists.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a royal domain; kingdom (now chiefly in such phrases as Peer of the Realm) |
| 2. | a field of interest, study, etc: the realm of the occult |
| [C13: from Old French reialme, from Latin regimen rule, influenced by Old French reial royal, from Latin rēgālis | |
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Word Origin & History
realm
late 13c., from O.Fr. reaume, probably from roiaume "kingdom," altered (by influence of L. regalis "regal") from Gallo-Romance *regiminem, accusative form of L. regimen "system of government, rule" (see regimen).
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Example sentences
Cutting-edge technology is no longer an exotic realm where experts rule.
In the professional realm, interviews are notoriously slippery endeavors.
And now that so much human activity takes place in cyberspace, spies have infiltrated that realm as well.
Anything that has a physical, measurable manifestation is within the realm of science.
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