noun
the extended spatial location of something
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- the farming regions of France
- religions in all parts of the world
- regions of outer space
noun
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
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- in the abdominal region
noun
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
Examples
- penguins inhabit the polar regions
noun
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
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- it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
- the price is in the neighborhood of $100
noun
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
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- it was a limited realm of discourse
- here we enter the region of opinion
- the realm of the occult