area definition
Overview
This page has 30 definitions of area with English translations in 8 languages. Area is a noun. Examples of how to use area in a sentence are shown. Also define these 57 related words and terms: mathematics, measure, extent, surface, region, empty, unused, scope, range, object, concept, soccer, penalty box, penalty area, genitals, area, sand, grain, salt, xabre, saibro, beach, cove, areal, praia, arnela, land, ground, field, sector, level, vacant, place, town, house, building, spot, space, court, open, threshing floor, halo, sun, moon, bed, border, garden, fowling, floor, burying, church, yard, bald, head, baldness, área, and geometry.
English area definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: âr'ēə, IPA(key): /ˈɛə̯ɹɪə̯/
- (US) enPR: ăr'ēə, IPA(key): /ˈæɹ.i.ə/, /ˈɛɹ.i.ə/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
- (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- It is about 4.5 million square kilometers in area and holds the world’s third largest collection of ice after Antarctica and Greenland.
Measure definition
A prescribed quantity or extent.- Moderation, temperance.
- A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
- An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- A particular geographic region.
Region definition
Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. (1 of 12 region definitions)
- Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
- The photo is a little dark in that area.
Empty definition
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. (1 of 10 empty definitions)
- The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
- 2013 September-October, Rob Dorit, “Making Life from Scratch”, in American Scientist:
- Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.
- The plans are a bit vague in that area.
- (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 4:
- This was so favourably received by the milkman and beadle that he would immediately have been pushed into the area if I had not held his pinafore while Richard and Mr. Guppy ran down through the kitchen to catch him when he should be released.
- 1908, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans":
- A minute later we were both in the area. Hardly had we reached the dark shadows before the step of the policeman was heard in the fog above. As its soft rhythm died away, Holmes set to work upon the lower door. I saw him stoop and strain until with a sharp crash it flew open. We sprang through into the dark passage, closing the area door behind us.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 4:
- (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
- 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:
- Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.
Soccer definition
association football
- (slang) Genitals.
- 2003 October 2, “The One Where Ross Is Fine”, in Friends, season 10, episode 2, NBC, spoken by Frank Buffay Jr. (Giovanni Ribisi):
- But what do I do when the third one runs at me with his bike helmet on? I got no more hands to protect my area!
Genitals definition
Synonym of genitalia
Derived terms
- Area 51
- area code
- area-denial
- area of influence
- area rug
- area rule
- Broca's area
- catchment area
- combined statistical area
- common area
- danger area
- disaster area
- equal-area
- euro area
- free trade area
- goal area
- gray area
- grey area
- lateral area
- metropolitan area
- metropolitan area network
- notification area
- outside gross area
- penalty area
- Planck area
- prohibited area
- protected area
- rest area
- restricted area
- Ruhr Area
- safe area
- Schengen Area
- second moment of area
- service area
- specific leaf area
- staging area
- surface area
- terminal control area
- Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
- ventral tegmental area
- Wernicke's area
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Translations
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See also
- Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres
- Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectares
Anagrams
Afrikaans area definition
Noun
area (plural areas)
- area
Area definition
A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units. (1 of 7 area definitions)
Derived terms
Galician area definition
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese arẽa, from Latin arēnā (“sand”). Cognate with Portuguese areia and Spanish arena.
Pronunciation
Noun
area f (plural areas)
- sand (a grain)
Sand definition
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. (1 of 7 sand definitions)
- (figuratively) a grain of salt
Salt definition
A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative. (1 of 11 salt definitions)
- sand (collectively)
Xabre definition
sand (collectively, as a material) (1 of 2 xabre definitions)
Saibro definition
thick sand with pebbles (1 of 2 saibro definitions)
- (dated) beach, cove
Beach definition
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. (1 of 4 beach definitions)
Areal definition
Of or pertaining to an area.
Praia definition
beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
Arnela definition
root of a tooth
Derived terms
See also
References
- “area” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “area” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “area” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “area” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “area” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian area definition
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ārea. Doublet of Italian aia (“threshing floor”).
Noun
area f (plural aree)
- area, surface
- land, ground
Land definition
The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water. (1 of 16 land definitions)
Ground definition
The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground. (1 of 20 ground definitions)
- field, sector
Field definition
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. (1 of 29 field definitions)
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin area definition
Etymology
- Either from Proto-Italic *āzeā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-e-yeh₂, from *h₂eHs- (“to burn”) (whence āreō, ārā),
- Or from Proto-Italic *āreā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂r-e-yeh₂, from *h₂eh₂rh₃- (“threshing tool”) (cognate with Hittite [script needed] (ḫaḫḫar, “rake, threshing tool”)), resultative reduplicated noun from verb *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ārea f (genitive āreae); first declension
- a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town)
Town definition
A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city. (1 of 11 town definitions)
- ground for a house, a building-spot
House definition
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. (1 of 21 house definitions)
Building definition
The act or process by which something is built; construction. (1 of 2 building definitions)
- (figuratively) a vacant space around or in a house, a court
Space definition
Of time.- Free time; leisure, opportunity.
- A specific (specified) period of time.
- An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.
Court definition
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. (1 of 15 court definitions)
- (figuratively) an open space for games, an open play-ground
Open definition
Not closed- able to be accessed
- able to have something pass through or along it. (1 of 25 open definitions)
- (figuratively) a threshing floor
- (figuratively) the halo around the sun or moon
Halo definition
A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. (1 of 8 halo definitions)
Sun definition
The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.
- (figuratively) a bed or border in a garden
Bed definition
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. (1 of 26 bed definitions)
Garden definition
An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes. (1 of 7 garden definitions)
- (figuratively) a fowling-floor
Fowling definition
present participle of fowl
Floor definition
The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. (1 of 17 floor definitions)
- (figuratively) a burying-ground, church-yard
Burying definition
present participle of bury
Church definition
A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. (1 of 8 church definitions)
Yard definition
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building. (1 of 5 yard definitions)
- (figuratively) a bald spot upon the head, baldness
Baldness definition
The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.
- vocative singular of ārea
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ārea | āreae |
Genitive | āreae | āreārum |
Dative | āreae | āreīs |
Accusative | āream | āreās |
Ablative | āreā | āreīs |
Vocative | ārea | āreae |
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
āreā f
References
- area in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- area in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- area in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- area in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- area in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- area in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ Cohen, Paul S. (2014) , “Some Hittite and Armenian Reduplications and Their (P)IE Ramifications”, in Indo-European Linguistics
Anagrams
Papiamentu area definition
Etymology
From Spanish área and English area.
Noun
area
Portuguese area definition
Noun
area f (plural areas)
- Obsolete spelling of área
Área definition
area
Swedish area definition
Etymology
From Latin area (literally “vacant piece of level ground”)
Noun
area c
- (geometry) area; a measure of squared distance.
Geometry definition
The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships. (1 of 3 geometry definitions)
Declension
Declension of area | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | area | arean | areor | areorna |
Genitive | areas | areans | areors | areornas |