area noun (PLACE)
B1 [ C ] a particular part of a place, piece of land, or country:
Houses in the London area (= in and around London) are very expensive.
He's an area manager (= is responsible for business in a particular area) for a computer company.
This is a very poor area.
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- The area depends on agriculture for most of its income.
- Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a large area.
- This area of the park has been specially designated for children.
- Some species exist in this small area of forest and nowhere else on earth.
- There was more rainfall than usual this summer in the mountain areas.
area noun (SUBJECT)
B2 [ C ] a subject or activity, or a part of it:
Marketing is Paul's area.
Software is not really my area of expertise.
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- Matters of discipline fall outside my area of responsibility.
- Electronic publishing is a growth area.
- The law in this area is very strict and doesn't allow us much room for manoeuvre.
- OK, this seems to be an area of disagreement, so let's vote on it.
- The book will encourage research in this very important area.
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area noun (MEASURE)
› [ C or U ] the size of a flat surface calculated by multiplying its length by its width:
the area of a rectangle
Meadow Farm is 50 square kilometres in area.
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area noun (FOOTBALL)
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