Collocations for "area"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "area" in context.
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area
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- in the [geographic, surrounding, immediate] area
- the [storage, living] area
- the [dark, light, dusty] areas
- a [dog walking, smoking, phone charging] area
- a [dining, picnic, rest] area
- [move, go, drive] from one area to the next
- the police are [searching, combing] the area (for)
- the surface area of
- an area of [50 square feet)
- took up over [half] the area (of)
- the area [in front, behind, to the side of]
- in the area around the [city, school]
- the area's [most popular, largest, best, top]
- a popular area for [walking, hiking, cycling]
- will be in [the, your] area (tomorrow)
- there are no [buses, colleges, parks] in the area
- in the area of effect
- in the area of [neuroscience, politics]
- my subject area
- is (not) my area of [expertise, interest, study]
- a [championship, downhill, beginner, cross-country] ski area
- a ski area for [beginners, experts]
- area code
- an area network (cable)
'area' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
London
- Muslim
- accessible
- affected
- affluent
- airport
- attack
- barbecue
- bay
- beauty
- black
- block
- border
- breathtaking
- bright
- buffer
- cab
- cafeteria
- calm
- camping
- caring
- carpet
- central
- chaos
- chosen
- circle
- clamp
- code
- comb
- commercial
- consequently
- consultancy
- consulting
- consume
- contention
- conversion
- cougar
- coverage
- crop
- crotch
- definite
- deliver
- deploy
- depressed
- desert
- desirable
- determine
- dispatch
- dissertation
- distribution