the extended spatial location of something; the farming regions of France; religions in all parts of the world; regions of outer space
[ Syn: part ]
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; in the abdominal region
[ Syn: area ]
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; penguins inhabit the polar regions'
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of); 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
[ Syn: neighborhood ]
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; it was a limited realm of discourse; here we enter the region of opinion; the realm of the occult
[ Syn: realm ]