Dictionary Check: region
"region" is a valid word!
Scrabble
7
points
Words with Friends
9
points
Definition
noun
the extended spatial location of something
Example:
"the farming regions of France"
noun
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
Example:
"in the abdominal region"
noun
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
Example:
"penguins inhabit the polar regions"
noun
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
Example:
"it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"
noun
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
Example:
"it was a limited realm of discourse"
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