region

1. n. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract. Source: opted

2. n. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. Source: opted

3. n. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. Source: opted

4. n. The inhabitants of a district. Source: opted

5. n. Place; rank; station. Source: opted

6. n. the extended spatial location of something Source: wordnet

7. n. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve Source: wordnet

8. n. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth Source: wordnet

9. n. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’) Source: wordnet

10. n. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about Source: wordnet

11. 1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract. If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world, Or unknown region. Milton. 2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. "Though the fork invade the region of my heart." Shak. Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. Luke iii. 1. 3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.] Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak. 4. The inhabitants of a district. Matt. iii. 5. 5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.] He is of too high a region. Shak. Source: webster

12. n:100 n. the extended spatial location of something n. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth n. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') n. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about Source: ecdict

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