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Synonyms for areas

Grammar : Noun
Spell : air-ee-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛər i ə

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Définition of areas

Origin :
  • 1530s, "vacant piece of ground," from Latin area "level ground, open space," used of building sites, playgrounds, threshing floors, etc.; of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to arere "to become dry," on notion of a burned clearing or dry, bare space. The generic sense of "amount of surface (whether open or not) contained within any set of limits" is from 1845. Area code in North American telephone systems is attested from 1959.
  • noun extent, scope of a surface
  • noun region, district
Example sentences :
  • There will be areas of pure lead, with an air hole here and there.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • These red lines divide the country into areas of equal deficiency.
  • Extract from : « The Great Drought » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • Corrected (or suspicious) areas of text are indicated with dotted lines.
  • Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
  • These areas are irregular and incapable of brief definition.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • It is understood that these areas also are to be regulated by Orders in Council.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce
  • But may not the areas of preponderant movement have changed in the lapse of ages?
  • Extract from : « On the Origin of Species » by Charles Darwin
  • Their names and the areas which they occupied varied from time to time.
  • Extract from : « The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir » by Sir James McCrone Douie
  • They'll have to land disarmed, in areas we designate, and live off the country.
  • Extract from : « Tulan » by Carroll Mather Capps
  • It has made possible the extension of free government to areas undreamed of.
  • Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
  • Only two other areas, China and Russia, can compare with it in resources.
  • Extract from : « The American Empire » by Scott Nearing

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