area
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
- (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
- A particular geographic region.
- Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
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The photo is a little dark in that area.
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- The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
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2013 September-October, Rob Dorit, “Making Life from Scratch”, in American Scientist:
- Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.
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The plans are a bit vague in that area.
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- (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Dickens to this entry?)
- (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
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2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:
- Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.
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- (slang) Genitals.
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2003 October 2, Giovanni Ribisi as Frank Buffay Jr., “The One Where Ross Is Fine”, in Friends, season 10, episode 2, NBC:
- But what do I do when the third one runs at me with his bike helmet on? I got no more hands to protect my area!
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TranslationsEdit
maths: measure of extent of a surface
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particular geographic region
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any particular extent
figuratively, any extent, scope or range
open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement
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soccer: penalty area — see penalty area
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See alsoEdit
- Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres
- Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectares
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AfrikaansEdit
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese arẽa, from Latin arēnā (“sand”).
NounEdit
area f (plural areas)
- sand (grain)
- sand (collectively)
SynonymsEdit
- (sand collectively): xabre
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ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Latin ārea. Cognate to Italian aia (“threshing floor”) (which is not borrowed but inherited).
NounEdit
area f (plural aree)
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Of uncertain origin. According to a hypothesis, it is related to āreō (“I become dry”), on notion of a dry, bare space.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ārea f (genitive āreae); first declension
- open space
- a threshing floor
- vocative singular of ārea
āreā f
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ārea | āreae |
| genitive | āreae | āreārum |
| dative | āreae | āreīs |
| accusative | āream | āreās |
| ablative | āreā | āreīs |
| vocative | ārea | āreae |
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ReferencesEdit
- area in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- area in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- du Cange, Charles (1883), “area”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
- “area” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- area in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- area in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly