region
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the extended spatial location of something
the farming regions of France
Types & categories
- location hypernym
- atmosphere hyponym
- biosphere hyponym
- depth hyponym
- interplanetary space hyponym
- interstellar space hyponym
- heliosphere hyponym
- intergalactic space hyponym
- deep space hyponym
- aerospace hyponym
- zone hyponym
- belt hyponym
- bottom hyponym
- county hyponym
- distance hyponym
- Eden hyponym
- extremity hyponym
- hell hyponym
- inside hyponym
- ionosphere hyponym
- layer hyponym
- outside hyponym
- radius hyponym
- side hyponym
- air hyponym
- vacuity hyponym
- top hyponym
- zodiac hyponym
- mansion hyponym
- Papua hyponym
- Sind hyponym
- black hole hyponym
- Kuiper belt hyponym
- maria hyponym
- D-layer instance hyponym
- Appleton layer instance hyponym
- Heaviside layer instance hyponym
- Achaea instance hyponym
- Doris instance hyponym
- Cynoscephalae instance hyponym
- Transylvania instance hyponym
- Witwatersrand instance hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
in the abdominal region
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
- erogenous zone hyponym
- pressure point hyponym
- hypochondrium hyponym
- area of cardiac dullness hyponym
- epigastrium hyponym
- fovea hyponym
- parafovea hyponym
- macula lutea hyponym
- cortical area hyponym
- perineum hyponym
- side hyponym
- cleavage hyponym
- ring of color hyponym
- midriff hyponym
- waist hyponym
- pubes hyponym
- palm hyponym
- thenar hyponym
- sole hyponym
- lunula hyponym
- groin hyponym
- quick hyponym
Sense 3 noun
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
penguins inhabit the polar regions
Types & categories
- location hypernym
- area hyponym
- backwater hyponym
- breadbasket hyponym
- theater of war hyponym
- field of operations hyponym
- zone of interior hyponym
- territory hyponym
- domain hyponym
- northland hyponym
- southland hyponym
- field hyponym
- geographical area hyponym
- biogeographical region hyponym
- heartland hyponym
- irredenta hyponym
- antipodes hyponym
- unknown hyponym
- testing ground hyponym
- Old World instance hyponym
- Far East instance hyponym
- West instance hyponym
- French West Indies instance hyponym
Sense 4 noun
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
Types & categories
- indefinite quantity hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
it was a limited realm of discourse
Types & categories
- knowledge domain hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | location |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | atmosphere |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | biosphere |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | depth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interplanetary space |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interstellar space |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heliosphere |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intergalactic space |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deep space |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerospace |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | belt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bottom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | county |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Eden |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extremity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inside |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ionosphere |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | layer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | outside |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | radius |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | side |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | air |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vacuity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | top |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zodiac |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mansion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Papua |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Sind |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | black hole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Kuiper belt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | maria |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | D-layer |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Appleton layer |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Heaviside layer |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Achaea |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Doris |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cynoscephalae |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Transylvania |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Witwatersrand |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | erogenous zone |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pressure point |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypochondrium |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | area of cardiac dullness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | epigastrium |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fovea |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | parafovea |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | macula lutea |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cortical area |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | perineum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | side |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cleavage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ring of color |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | midriff |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | waist |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pubes |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | palm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | thenar |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sole |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lunula |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | groin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quick |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | location |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | area |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | backwater |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | breadbasket |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | theater of war |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | field of operations |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | zone of interior |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | territory |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | domain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | northland |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | southland |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | field |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | geographical area |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | biogeographical region |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heartland |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | irredenta |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | antipodes |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | unknown |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | testing ground |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Old World |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Far East |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | West |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | French West Indies |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | indefinite quantity |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | knowledge domain |