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noun

Area n. (pl. areas)

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building. "The Alban lake... looks like the area of some vast amphitheater."

The inclosed space on which a building stands.

The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.

An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.

(Geom.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.

(Biol.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.

Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought. "The largest area of human history and man's common nature."

Dry area. See under Dry.

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Etymology of 'Area'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Area" Quotes from Famous Books

... gardens was begun what was then called the Flavian Amphitheatre, but is now known as the Colosseum, from the colossal statue that stood at its door—a wonderful place, with a succession of galleries on stone vaults round the area, on which every rank and station, from the Emperor and Vestal Virgins down to the slaves, had their places, whence to see gladiators and beasts struggle and perish, on sands mixed with scarlet grains to hide the stain, and perfumed showers to overcome the scent of blood, and under silken ...

— Young Folks' History of Rome • Charlotte Mary Yonge

... early riser, Arthur, had made his way first to the foot of the lake and then along the little path that skirted its area till he came to Caresfoot Staff. Having sufficiently admired that majestic oak, for he was a great lover of timber, he proceeded to investigate the surrounding water with the eye of a true fisherman. A few yards further up there jutted into the water that ...

— Dawn • H. Rider Haggard

... Russia of territories amounting to nearly one-quarter of the area of European Russia, and inhabited by one-third of Russia's total population. Trotzky resigned on account of his opposition to the treaty and was succeeded by M. Tchitcherin. He became Chairman of the Petrograd Labor Commune. The treaty ...

— History of the World War - An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War • Francis A. March and Richard J. Beamish

... always the best of company, dropped in at intervals. There Mr. Samuel Pepys had a special chair reserved for him by the window, where he could catch a glimpse of the pretty housemaid over the way, chatting with the policeman at the area railing. Dr. Johnson and the unworldly author of "The Deserted Village" were frequent visitors, sometimes appearing together arm-in-arm, with James Boswell, Esq., of Auchinleck, following obsequiously behind. Not that Tom Folio did not have callers ...

— Ponkapog Papers • Thomas Bailey Aldrich

... of crimes from a given spot was bound to spread his operations over a fairly wide area in order to minimise the chance of discovery. The longer the period and the larger the number of comes, the greater the chance of his being located somewhere near the ...

— Malcolm Sage, Detective • Herbert George Jenkins

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