Topic: MEDICINE
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Latin regio, from regere; REGENT |
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re‧gion S1 W1
[countable]
[countable]1SG a large area of a country or of the world, usually without exact limits [= area]: efforts to bring peace to the region
efforts to bring peace to the region coastal/border/central etc region Flooding is likely in some coastal regions of the Northeast during the early part of the week.
Flooding is likely in some coastal regions of the Northeast during the early part of the week.2HBM a particular part of someone's body [= area]: the lower back region
the lower back region region of a region of the brain
a region of the brain3 used to describe an amount of time, money etc without being exact : a grant somewhere in the region of £2,500
(somewhere) in the region of something
a grant somewhere in the region of £2,5004 the parts of a country that are away from the capital city : a government policy to relocate jobs from the capital to the regions
the regions
British EnglishSGa government policy to relocate jobs from the capital to the regions