region

/ˈriːdʒən/ noun

Definition

COUNTRY [C] › a particular area in a country or the world: China's coastal region

BODY [C] › an area of the body: pain in the lower abdominal region

in the region of sth › approximately: It probably cost somewhere in the region of £900.

(Definition of region noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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