region

An area of land or a part of the body.

• This region has many lakes.
• Farmers across the region grow rice.
• The doctor examined the region around his knee.

How to use it: region of something (She felt pain in the region of her shoulder.)

Similar words: area, zone

Common phrases: coastal region, mountain region, abdominal region

In the expression "in the region of", an amount close to the number given.

• The cost is in the region of fifty pounds.
• Her salary is in the region of thirty thousand euros.
• We expect in the region of eighty guests.

How to use it: in the region of + amount (Repairs will cost in the region of two hundred euros.)

Common phrases: in the region, region of something

A connected part of a space or surface, especially in mathematics.

• Colour the region inside the circle.
• The curve divides the plane into two regions.
• Every point in this region lies above the line.

Similar words: area

Common phrases: shaded region, bounded region, region of space