region
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
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.
a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent: a tropical region.
a district without respect to boundaries or extent: a charming region in Connecticut.
a part or division of the universe, as the heavens: a galactic region.
a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere: a region of authority.
an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field: studies in the region of logic.
an administrative division of a city or territory.
Zoogeography. a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area.
Anatomy. a place in or a division of the body or a part of the body: the abdominal region.
Mathematics.
Also called domain. an open connected set.
the union of such a set and some or all of its boundary points.
Origin of region
1Other words for region
Other words from region
- un·der·re·gion, noun
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How to use region in a sentence
Drought in the Pantanal and other parts of Brazil in 2020 has made the region drier, fueling the fires.
What wildfires in Brazil, Siberia, and the US West have in common | Lili Pike | September 17, 2020 | VoxFrance and Spain, currently the hardest-hit countries in the region, are tracking an onslaught of cases even worse than their springtime peaks.
Russia, a new player in the region in a post-Cold War era, has no such worries.
Butterfly Effect: The Next U.S.-Russia Conflict Theater Could be the Mediterranean | Charu Kasturi | September 17, 2020 | OzyWe make sure we give the support they need in different regions.
Malala Yousafzai tells the business community: Education is the best way to guard against future crises | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | September 15, 2020 | FortuneNobody would build a website without making sure it was molded around the demands of the biggest search engines in its customers’ region.
And that may well be what is happening in the Barnett Shale region around, yes, Dallas and Irving.
26 Earthquakes Later, Fracking’s Smoking Gun Is in Texas | James Joiner | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead, spa hotels filled up with over 30,000 refugees from the war-troubled Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
In doing so he exposed the failure of other airlines in the region to see the huge pent-up demand for cheap travel.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe region is marketed for visitors as “Aryan Valley,” and many citizens have taken to tacking on “Aryan” to their last names.
The weather on the route of AirAsia Flight 8501 was not unusual for the region and the season.
Within the past thirty years civilization has rapidly taken possession of this lovely region.
Among the Sioux | R. J. CreswellNowhere can be found a region capable of supporting a larger population to the square mile than Lombardy.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyFrom that region they issue to inflict diseases, especially blindness and deafness.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayAt that time, the postage on letters from that region was very high, sometimes as much as fifty or sixty cents, or even a dollar.
The Boarded-Up House | Augusta Huiell SeamanI should judge that a peck of corn is about the average product of a day's work through all this region.
Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley
British Dictionary definitions for region
/ (ˈriːdʒən) /
any large, indefinite, and continuous part of a surface or space
an area considered as a unit for geographical, functional, social, or cultural reasons
an administrative division of a country: Tuscany is one of the regions of the Italian Republic
a realm or sphere of activity or interest
range, area, or scope: in what region is the price likely to be?
a division or part of the boday: the lumbar region
(in Scotland from 1975 until 1996) any of the nine territorial divisions into which the mainland of Scotland was divided for purposes of local government; replaced in 1996 by council areas: See also islands council
Origin of region
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with region
see in the neighborhood (region) of.
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