Meaning of region In English

• 0 a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country is divided:

  • one of China's autonomous regions

  • the Nordic/Asia-Pacific region

  • the Basque region

  • a wine/farming region

  • mountainous/coastal regions

  • There's a shortage of cheap housing in the region.

  • He said he had sharp pains in the stomach region/the region of the stomach.

  • They estimate that the temperature yesterday was (somewhere) in the region of -30°C.

  • It will cost something in the region of $1 million.

• 1 a particular area or part of a state, country, or the earth’s surface:

  • Wheat is the major crop of this region.

  • He’s complaining of pain in the lower abdominal region.

• 2 a particular area or part of the world, or one of the areas into which a country is divided:

  • the less-developed regions of the world

  • Coastal regions of the country have much better infrastructure and many more Internet users than others.

  • The retailer plans to open eight stores in the Baltimore region in the next two months.

• 3 used to show that a number is only approximate:

  • cost/earn/pay in the region of sth A comparable system would cost somewhere in the region of 300,000 euros.

  • They made us an offer in the region of $25,000.