Kilo Lingo

area

/ˈeəriə/

Line drawing of area
Coloured illustration of area
#209 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

A part of a place, or the amount of space something covers.

Word origin

From Latin area, meaning a level, open piece of ground.

Origin
Latin
Root
area

Grammar

Gender
Pluralareas

Examples

quiet .

"Area" means one part of a larger place.

.

"Areas" is the plural, meaning more than one part or space.

grass.

Here "area" means the amount of space the grass covers.

"Area" can mean a part of a place, such as a quiet area of town, or the amount of flat space something takes up, such as the area of a room.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 5.