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'region' - used as a noun
1. the extended spatial location of something
the farming regions of France
 regions of outer space
 2. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
in the abdominal region
 3. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
penguins inhabit the polar regions
 4. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')
it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
 5. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
here we enter the region of opinion
Variations of 'region'
  • body part
  • indefinite quantity
  • knowledge base
  • knowledge domain
  • location
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