area, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

area (areas plural )

1 n-count An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
...the large number of community groups in the area...

2 n-count Your area is the part of a town, country, or region where you live. An organization's area is the part of a town, country, or region that it is responsible for.
Local authorities have been responsible for the running of schools in their areas...

3 n-count A particular area is a piece of land or part of a building that is used for a particular activity.
...a picnic area.

4 n-count An area is a particular place on a surface or object, for example on your body.
You will notice that your baby has two soft areas on the top of his head.

5 n-var The area of a surface such as a piece of land is the amount of flat space or ground that it covers, measured in square units.
The islands cover a total area of 625.6 square kilometers...

6 n-count You can use area to refer to a particular subject or topic, or to a particular part of a larger, more general situation or activity.
...the politically sensitive area of old age pensions.

7 n-count On a football pitch, the area is the same as the penalty area.
INFORMAL (=box)

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→ catchment area
→ disaster area
→ grey area
→ penalty area