area

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: âʼrĭ-ə; IPA ^(key): /ˈɛə.rɪ.ə/ or [ˈɛə̯.rɪ.ə̯]
• (US) enPR: ârʼē-ə; IPA ^(key): /ˈɛɚ.i.ə/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular area

Plural areas

$a$ × $b$ is the area of this rectangle.

1. (countable) An area is a piece of land or space.
   • Synonyms: space and part

   This is the business area of town.

   We have chosen a large forest area for the new park.

2. (countable) An area of study is a special subject, such as mathematics, grammar, music, or biology.
   • Synonyms: matter and field

   Economics is quite interesting, but my area is more related to politics.

3. (countable) The area of a surface, is the size of the surface.

   The length is 10 cm and the width is 5 cm, so the area is 50 $cm^{2}$.