areas
SayAIR-ee-uhz/ˈɛɹ.i.əz/UK/ˈɛə.ɹɪ.əz/
- 1Plural of area.
Rescue teams searched the remote areas for survivors.
The report identified three areas where spending could be reduced.
Note
A regular plural made with a plain -s, and it carries every meaning of the singular. Most often it counts regions or fields of concern: remote areas, problem areas. In geometry it compares measures, as in the areas of two triangles. In British usage it can also name the sunken spaces in front of basement windows, railed off from the pavement. That sense is easily misread as "districts."
areas is a form of area
area, noun: A particular geographic region, such as a part of a city, country, or the world. Full entry
- Spelling
- area → areas: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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