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area

/ˈɛəɹi.ə/ sustantivo A2

En español: área, región, patio inglés

  1. A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
  2. A particular geographic region.
  3. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent. · The photo is a little dark in that area.
  4. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept. · The plans are a bit vague in that area.
  5. Penalty box; penalty area.
  6. Genitals. (slang)

Plural areas

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It is the centre for a considerable area of country, since Tunbridge Wells, the nearest place of importance, is ten or twelve miles to the eastward, over the borders of Kent.
The Valley of Fear, p. 21 · C1
“With an area beneath, it was no mean feat to reach that window ledge and open that window.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 76 · C1
Then it lengthened out until it became a yellow line, and then, without any warning or sound, a gash seemed to open and a hand appeared, a white, almost womanly hand, which felt about in the centre of the little area of light.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 29 · B2
The area door of Oberstein’s house had been left open the night before, and it was necessary for me, as Mycroft Holmes absolutely and indignantly declined to climb the railings, to pass in and open the hall door.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 34 · B2

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