region

noun

1. 1

   Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

   the equatorial regions

   the temperate regions

   the polar regions

   the upper regions of the atmosphere

2. 2

   historicalAn administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country. Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.

3. 3

   An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country. An administrative subdivision of the European Union.

4. 4

   An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.

5. 5

   An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country. Ellipsis of administrative region. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.

6. 6

   figurativeThe inhabitants of a region or district of a country.

7. 7

   A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   the abdominal regions

8. 8

   An approximate range.

   The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.

9. 9

   obsoletePlace; rank; station; dignity.

   he is of too high a region

10. 10

    obsoleteThe space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

11. 11

    Variant of regional municipalityAn administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country. Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.

12. 12

    Variant of administrative regionAn administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country. Ellipsis of administrative region.

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plural

regions