area
noun [C] (SUBJECT) /ˈeə.ri.ə/
/ˈer.i-/ Definition
B2 a subject or activity, or a part of it: Marketing is Paul's area. Software is not really my area of expertise.Topics and areas of interest
(Definition of area noun (SUBJECT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Admitting & confessing
- Announcing, informing & stating
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- Assertions & asserting
- Codes & decoding
- Communicating & keeping in touch
- Debate & discussion
- Defining & explaining
- Describing & telling stories
- Exaggerating & playing down
- Gestures & gesturing
- Giving advice
- Giving orders & commands
- Informal talking & conversation
- Insults & abuse
- Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- Inviting & summoning
- Lecturing & addressing
- Making & accepting apologies
- Making & breaking promises & commitments
- Making appeals & requests
- Meaning & significance
- Meeting people
- Official meetings
- People who reveal secrets & tell tales
- Questioning people & asking questions in general
- Quoting & making references
- Remarks & remarking
- Revealing secrets & becoming known
- Saying & uttering
- Saying again
- Speakers & talkers
- Stressing & emphasizing
- Suggestions & proposals
- Suspecting & questioning
- Threats & warnings
- Welcoming, greeting & greetings
- Written greetings
- Yes, no & not
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Synonyms and related words:
- affair noun (MATTER)
- angle noun (WAY OF THINKING)
- cause célèbre noun
- item noun
- leitmotiv noun
- matter noun (SITUATION)
- province noun (SUBJECT)
- question noun (PROBLEM)
- specialism noun
- stage noun (THEATRE)
- subject matter noun
- talking of sb/sth idiom
- talking point noun
- term noun (DESCRIPTION)
- term noun (RULES)
- the matter in hand idiom
- thematic adjective
- theme noun (MAIN SUBJECT)
- thesis noun
- topic noun
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