region
Từ điển Collocation
region noun
1 area of land/part of a country
ADJ. large | small | entire, whole | distinct, particular, specific | northern, southern, etc. | central | border, far-flung, outlying, peripheral, remote | neighbouring, surrounding | unexplored | geographical | arid, coastal, desert, equatorial, jungle, mountain/mountainous, polar, tropical | Basque, Gulf, London, Pacific, etc. | autonomous | urbanized | rural | populated a sparsely populated region | economic | developed, industrial | developing | depressed, poor, underdeveloped the poorer regions of the continent | prosperous, rich Italy's richest region | oil-producing, etc.
VERB + REGION inhabit, live in Nomads have inhabited this region for thousands of years. | work in | leave | visit | divide sth into The country is divided into 17 autonomous regions. | confine sb/sth to This bird is largely confined to the southern regions of the country.
REGION + VERB cover sb/sth The champagne-producing region covers 34,500 hectares.
PREP. across a/the ~ Sports events across the region have been cancelled because of the weather. | from a/the ~ Twenty participants from the Asia-Pacific region will be invited to the seminar. | in/within a/the ~ The animal is found in the northern regions of Sweden. | in the ~ of (figurative) She earns in the region of (= approximately) £200,000. | throughout a/the ~ The plant is found throughout the western regions of the country.
PHRASES sth varies from region to region Sanitary facilities varied widely from region to region.
2 part of the body
ADJ. distinct, particular, specific | brain, etc.
PREP. from a/the ~ tissue from the mouth region | in/within a/the ~ cells in a particular region of the brain
Từ điển WordNet
n. the farming regions of France religions in all parts of the world regions of outer space in the abdominal region penguins inhabit the polar regions it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job the price is in the neighborhood of $100 it was a limited domain of discourse here we enter the region of opinion the realm of the occult
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
syn.: area district location place section space territory vicinity zone