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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something owned; property |
| Synonyms: | accessories, appointments, appurtenances, assets, baggage, belongings, chattels, effects, equipment, estate, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, goods, impedimenta, paraphernalia, province, real estate, settlement, tangibles, territory, things, trappings, tricks, wealth |
| Main Entry: | quarter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, neighborhood |
| Synonyms: | barrio, bearing, direction, district, division, domain, ghetto, inner city, locality, location, neck of the woods, old town, part, place, point, position, precinct, province, region, section, sector, side, skid row, slum, spot, station, stomping ground, territory, turf, zone, zoo |
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sphere, distance, extent |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, confines, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot, elbowroom, expanse, extension, extensity, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, parameters, play, province, purview, radius, reach, realm, run, run of, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| 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, principality, province, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sphere, state, stomping grounds, sweep, territory, turf*, world, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | region |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, demesne, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, locality, neck of woods, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, shire, sphere, stomping ground, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | role |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duty, function |
| Synonyms: | act, bit, business, capacity, execution, game*, guise, job, office, part, piece, pose, position, post, posture, province, stint, task, what one is into |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sphere |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domain of influence |
| Synonyms: | bailiwick, capacity, champaign, circle, class, compass, demesne, department, dominion, employment, field, function, ground, jungle, jurisdiction, level, neck of the woods, orbit, pale, position, precinct, province, range, rank, realm, scope, station, stomping ground, stratum, terrain, territory, turf*, walk of life, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | task |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job or chore, often assigned |
| Synonyms: | assignment, bother, burden, business, calling, charge, daily grind, deadweight, duty, effort, employment, enterprise, errand, exercise, fun and games, function, gig, grind*, grindstone, headache, labor, load, long row to hoe, millstone, mission, nuisance, occupation, office, onus, pain, project, province, responsibility, stint, strain, tax, toil, trouble, undertaking, vocation, work |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun, pastime |
* = 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, topography, turf |
| Antonyms: | sky |
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