region meaning and definition

REGION noun

Definition of region (noun)

1. the extended spatial location of something
   • "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
   • synonyms: part
2. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
   • "in the abdominal region"
   • synonyms: area
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"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"
   • synonyms: neighborhood
5. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
   • "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
   • synonyms: realm