Meaning of area In English

• 0 a particular part of a place, piece of land, or country:

  • All areas of the country will have some rain tonight.

  • The area of New York to the south of Houston Street is known as Soho.

  • Houses in the London area (= in and around London) are very expensive.

  • He's an area manager (= is responsible for business in a particular area) for a computer company.

  • This is a very poor area.

  • Dogs are not allowed in the children's play area.

• 1 a subject or activity, or a part of it:

  • Marketing is Paul's area.

  • Software is not really my area of expertise.

• 2 the size of a flat surface calculated by multiplying its length by its width:

  • the area of a rectangle

  • Meadow Farm is 50 square kilometres in area.

• 3 →  penalty area

• 4 a part of the earth’s surface of land and water, or a particular part of a country, city, town, etc.:

  • an industrial/suburban/mountainous area

  • This area of the brain is called the cerebral cortex.

• 5 a particular subject or activity:

  • His area of expertise includes learning disorders.

• 6 the measure of a flat space or surface:

  • [ C ] You get the area of a rectangle by multiplying its length by its width.

• 7 a particular part of a place, piece of land, or country:

  • This is an area of the city where 48% of the properties are rental properties.

  • Our goal is to grow the total number of jobs in the metropolitan area and to provide the environment for companies to grow and prosper.

  • the reception/kitchen/parking area

  • the packaging/trading area

• 8 a subject or activity, or a part of it:

  • Principal growth in the past year has been in the area of new technology in manufacturing and medical settings.

  • He looked continually for ways to expand his startup firm's area of expertise