area

Definition

Examples

The company is looking for office space in the downtown area.

Word Family

Synonyms

• regionthe extended spatial location of something
• zonea locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
• fielda piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

Collocations

• Easy play area
  to play area, meaning to participate in games or sport
• Medium area of expertise
  describing area of expertise (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
• Hard metropolitan statistical area demographics
  describing metropolitan statistical area demographics (in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity)
• Very Hard gray area in statutory compliance
  to gray area in statutory compliance, meaning to make grey