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| Main Entry: | domain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of expertise, rule |
| Synonyms: | authority, bailiwick, concern, department, discipline, district, dominion, empire, estate, field, jurisdiction, land, neck of the woods, occupation, orbit*, power, province, quarter, realm, region, scope, slot, specialty, sphere, terrain, territory, turf, walk, wing, demesne, home park, stomping grounds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, periphery |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone, circumscription, purlieus, purview |
| Main Entry: | dominion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule; authority |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authorization, bailiwick, command, commission, control, country, district, domain, dominance, domination, empire, field, government, jurisdiction, management, power, prerogative, privilege, property, province, realm, regency, regiment, regimentation, region, reign, rule, seniority, sovereignty, sphere, state, supremacy, sway, terrain, territory, turf, walk, demesne, enclave, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, stomping grounds |
| Antonyms: | outside |
| Main Entry: | empire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place ruled by sovereign; rule |
| Synonyms: | authority, command, commonwealth, control, domain, dominion, federation, government, people, power, realm, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, union |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expanse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large space, usually open |
| Synonyms: | area, belt, breadth, compass, distance, domain, extension, extent, field, immensity, latitude, length, margin, orbit, plain, radius, range, reach, region, room, scope, span, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, territory, tract, width, wilderness, amplitude, remoteness, uninterrupted space |
| Main Entry: | kingdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, an area ruled by a monarch |
| Synonyms: | commonwealth, country, county, crown, division, domain, dominion, dynasty, empire, field, monarchy, nation, province, realm, reign, rule, scepter, sovereignty, sphere, state, sway, territory, throne, tract, lands, possessions, principality, suzerainty |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locus, stomping ground |
| Main Entry: | nation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | country with its own government |
| Synonyms: | body politic, commonwealth, community, democracy, domain, dominion, empire, land, monarchy, people, populace, population, public, race, realm, republic, society, sovereignty, state, tribe, union, principality |
| Main Entry: | province |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, business, calling, canton, capacity, charge, colony, concern, county, department, dependency, district, division, domain, dominion, duty, employment, field, function, jurisdiction, line, office, orbit, part, post, pursuit, realm, region, role, section, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, walk, work, zone, champaign, demesne, shire |
| Main Entry: | realm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of responsibility or rule |
| Synonyms: | branch, compass, country, department, dimension, domain, dominion, empire, expanse, extent, field, ground, kingdom, land, monarchy, neck of the woods, neighborhood, orbit, place, province, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sphere, state, sweep, territory, turf*, world, zone, principality, purview, stomping grounds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | region |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, sphere, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone, demesne, locality, neck of woods, shire, stomping ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | terrain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | landscape |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, contour, country, domain, dominion, field, form, ground, land, profile, province, region, shape, soil, sphere, territory, turf, topography |
| Antonyms: | sky |
| Main Entry: | locale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locality, locus, stomping ground |
| Main Entry: | natural environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nature |
| Synonyms: | domain, dwelling, habitat, home, realm, home turf, native environment, natural element, natural surroundings, stomping grounds |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, sort, category |
| Synonyms: | branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, character, classification, collection, color, degree, denomination, department, description, designation, distinction, division, domain, estate, family, feather, frame, genre, genus, grade, grain, hierarchy, humor, ilk, league, make, mold, name, nature, order, origin, property, province, quality, range, rank, rate, school, sect, section, selection, set, source, species, sphere, standing, status, stripe, style, suit, temperament, value, variety, grouping, kidney |
| Main Entry: | estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extensive manor and its property |
| Synonyms: | acreage, area, domain, dominion, farm, grounds, holdings, parcel, plantation, ranch, residence, territory, villa, country home, country place, demesne, finca, freehold, lands, quinta, rural seat |
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sphere, distance, extent |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, circle, compass, confines, dimension, dimensions, domain, expanse, extension, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, play, province, radius, reach, realm, run, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width, amplitude, bounds, diapason, earshot, elbowroom*, extensity, limits, parameters, purview, run of |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | region, district |
| Synonyms: | belt, block, city, county, division, domain, dominion, enclosure, field, kingdom, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, patch, plot, precinct, quarter, section, sector, sphere, square, state, stretch, territory, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone, locality, principality, township |
| Main Entry: | arena |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of activity |
| Synonyms: | battlefield, domain, field, province, realm, scene, sector, sphere, territory, theatre, battleground |
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