region, n.
(regions)
freq. cnt. 72
(regions)
freq. cnt. 72
the extended spatial location of something
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 80 freq. cnt.: 65 freq. cnt.: 15
part region
sample sentences
"the farming regions of France""religions in all parts of the world"
"regions of outer space"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
atmosphere, air
biosphere
depths
interplanetary space
interstellar space
heliosphere
intergalactic space
deep space
aerospace
zone
belt
bottom
county
distance
paradise, heaven, Eden, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la
extremity
hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno
interior, inside
ionosphere
layer
outside, exterior
radius
side
air
vacuum, vacuity
top
zodiac
sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign, mansion, house, planetary house
Papua
Sind
black hole
Kuiper belt, Edgeworth-Kuiper belt
maria, mare
instance hyponym
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 5
area region
sample sentences
"in the abdominal region"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
erogenous zone
pressure point
hypochondrium
area of cardiac dullness
epigastrium
fovea, fovea centralis
parafovea
macula, macula lutea, macular area, yellow spot
cortical area, cortical region
perineum
side
cleavage
areola, ring of color
middle, midsection, midriff
waist, waistline
loins, pubes, pubic region
palm, thenar
thenar
sole
half-moon, lunula, lunule
groin, inguen
quick
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
region
sample sentences
"penguins inhabit the polar regions"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
area, country
backwater
breadbasket
theater of war, theatre of war
field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations
zone of interior
district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
land, domain, demesne
northland
southland
field
geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
biogeographical region
heartland
irredenta, irridenta
antipodes
unknown, unknown region, terra incognita
testing ground, laboratory
instance hyponym
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
<noun.cognition>
realm region
sample sentences
"it was a limited realm of discourse""here we enter the region of opinion"
"the realm of the occult"
semantic pointers
hypernym
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
<noun.quantity>
neighborhood region
sample sentences
"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"
semantic pointers
hypernym