GEOGRAPHIC AREA Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the phrase geographic area. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for GEOGRAPHIC AREA
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country | nounn | |||||||
noun • a politically organized body of people under a single government • the territory occupied by a nation • the people who live in a nation or country • an area outside of cities and towns • a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) | ||||||||
county | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government • (United States) the largest administrative district within a state | ||||||||
district | nounn | |||||||
noun • a region marked off for administrative or other purposes verb • regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | ||||||||
domain | nounn | |||||||
noun • a particular environment or walk of life • territory over which rule or control is exercised • (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined • people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest • the content of a particular field of knowledge | ||||||||
environment | nounn | |||||||
noun • the totality of surrounding conditions • the area in which something exists or lives | ||||||||
expanse | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wide scope • the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary • a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky | ||||||||
field | nounn | |||||||
noun • a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed • a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought • somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected • a branch of knowledge • the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it • a particular kind of commercial enterprise • a particular environment or walk of life • a piece of land prepared for playing a game • extensive tract of level open land • (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1 • a region in which active military operations are in progress • all of the horses in a particular horse race • all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event • a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found • (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information • the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) • a place where planes take off and land verb • catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket • play as a fielder • answer adequately or successfully • select (a team or individual player) for a game | ||||||||
jurisdiction | nounn | |||||||
noun • (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law • in law; the territory within which power can be exercised | ||||||||
land | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) • the land on which real estate is located • material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) • territory over which rule or control is exercised • the solid part of the earth's surface • the territory occupied by a nation • a domain in which something is dominant • extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use • the people who live in a nation or country • a politically organized body of people under a single government • agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life verb • reach or come to rest • cause to come to the ground • bring into a different state • bring ashore • deliver (a blow) • arrive on shore • shoot at and force to come down | ||||||||
landscape | nounn | |||||||
noun • an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view • painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery • a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery • an extensive mental viewpoint verb • embellish with plants • do landscape gardening | ||||||||
locale | nounn | |||||||
noun • the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | ||||||||
locality | nounn | |||||||
noun • a surrounding or nearby region | ||||||||
province | nounn | |||||||
noun • the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation • the proper sphere or extent of your activities | ||||||||
realm | nounn | |||||||
noun • a domain in which something is dominant • the domain ruled by a king or queen • a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about | ||||||||
region | nounn | |||||||
noun • the extended spatial location of something • a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve • a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth • the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') • a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about | ||||||||
sector | nounn | |||||||
noun • a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle • a social group that forms part of the society or the economy • a particular aspect of life or activity • the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes • a portion of a military position • measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end | ||||||||
space | nounn | |||||||
noun • the unlimited expanse in which everything is located • an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things) • an area reserved for some particular purpose • any location outside the Earth's atmosphere • a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing • the interval between two times • a blank area • one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff • (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences verb • place at intervals | ||||||||
sphere | nounn | |||||||
noun • a particular environment or walk of life • any spherically shaped artifact • the geographical area in which one nation is very influential • a particular aspect of life or activity • a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) • a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center • the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | ||||||||
state | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies • the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation • the way something is with respect to its main attributes • the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state • a politically organized body of people under a single government • (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) • a state of depression or agitation • the territory occupied by a nation verb • express in words • put before • indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | ||||||||
surroundings | nounn | |||||||
noun • the environmental condition • the area in which something exists or lives | ||||||||