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ground
Soil; earth:
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  1. Soil; earth:
  2. The connection of an electrical conductor with a ground
  3. An area of land designated for a particular purpose:
region
An area of the body having natural or arbitrarily assigned boundaries:
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  1. An area of the body having natural or arbitrarily assigned boundaries:
  2. A political district or unit, often with its adjacent lands:
  3. A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic:
territory
(Sports) The area of a field defended by a specified team:
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  1. (Sports) The area of a field defended by a specified team:
  2. An area of land; a region.
  3. A similar region, as in Canada or Australia, without the status of a province or state
topography
The three-dimensional arrangement of physical attributes (such as shape, height, and depth) of a land surface in a place or region. Physical features that make up the topography of an area include mountains, valleys, plains, and bodies of water. Human-made features such as roads, railroads, and landfills are also often considered part of a region's topography.
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  1. The three-dimensional arrangement of physical attributes (such as shape, height, and depth) of a land surface in a place or region. Physical features that make up the topography of an area include mountains, valleys, plains, and bodies of water. Human-made features such as roads, railroads, and landfills are also often considered part of a region's topography.
  2. A study or description of a region, system, or part of the body showing specific relations of component parts as to shape, size, position, etc.
  3. The surface features of an object:
area
A part of a house, lot, district, city, etc. having a specific use or character
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  1. A part of a house, lot, district, city, etc. having a specific use or character
  2. A distinct part or section, as of a building, set aside for a specific function:
  3. A division of experience, activity, or knowledge; a field:
arena
A place or scene where forces contend or events unfold:
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  1. A place or scene where forces contend or events unfold:
  2. A central area used for entertainment or sports events and usually surrounded by seats
  3. A building containing such an area
bailiwick
The office or district of a bailiff.
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  1. The office or district of a bailiff.
  2. The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
  3. A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
circle
A plane figure bounded by a single curved line, every point of which is equally distant from the point at the center of the figure
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  1. A plane figure bounded by a single curved line, every point of which is equally distant from the point at the center of the figure
  2. A series or process that finishes at its starting point or continuously repeats itself; a cycle.
  3. A territorial or administrative division, especially of a province, in some European countries.
department
Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
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  1. Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
  2. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
  3. An area of particular knowledge or responsibility; a specialty:
domain
Territory under one government or ruler; dominion
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  1. Territory under one government or ruler; dominion
  2. (Computer Science) A group of networked computers that share a common communications address.
  3. (Physics) A region in a ferromagnetic material within which the atoms are magnetically aligned: alignment of these regions results in the material being magnetized
field
The usually circular area in which the image is rendered by the lens system of an optical instrument.
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  1. The usually circular area in which the image is rendered by the lens system of an optical instrument.
  2. The scene or an area of military operations or maneuvers:
  3. An area or region where business activities are conducted:
orbit
One complete revolution of such a body.
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  1. One complete revolution of such a body.
  2. A stable quantum state of an electron (or other particle) in motion around an atomic nucleus.
  3. The path followed by a celestial body or artificial satellite as it revolves around another body due to the force of gravity. Orbits are nearly elliptical or circular in shape and are very closely approximated by Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
province
An area, division, or branch of learning or activity
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  1. An area, division, or branch of learning or activity
  2. (Ecology) An area of land, less extensive than a region, having a characteristic plant and animal population.
  3. A division of the world, smaller than a region, with reference to the plants or animals found there
realm
A community or territory over which a sovereign rules; a kingdom.
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  1. A community or territory over which a sovereign rules; a kingdom.
  2. An area or sphere, as of knowledge or activity:
  3. A region; sphere; area
scene
A shot or series of shots in a movie constituting a unit of continuous related action.
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  1. A shot or series of shots in a movie constituting a unit of continuous related action.
  2. A part of a play, film, story, etc. that constitutes a unit of development or action, as a passage between certain characters
  3. (--- Film) A section of a film, usually made up of a number of shots, which is unified by time, setting, characters, etc.
subject
One who is under surveillance:
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  1. One who is under surveillance:
  2. A course or area of study:
  3. A person or animal that is the object of medical or scientific study:
territory
A similar region, as in Canada or Australia, without the status of a province or state
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  1. A similar region, as in Canada or Australia, without the status of a province or state
  2. (Biology) An area occupied by a single animal, mating pair, or group and often vigorously defended against intruders, especially those of the same species.
  3. An area for which a person is responsible as a representative or agent:
world
A state of existence:
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  1. A state of existence:
  2. A specified part of the earth:
  3. The earth, especially together with the life it supports:
bag
A nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, plastic, leather, etc., typically with an opening at the top that can be closed as by folding the sides; sack or pouch
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  1. A nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, plastic, leather, etc., typically with an opening at the top that can be closed as by folding the sides; sack or pouch
  2. Any thing or part shaped or bulging like a bag
  3. (Slang) An area of interest or skill:
country
Land with farms and small towns; rural region, as distinguished from a city or town
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  1. Land with farms and small towns; rural region, as distinguished from a city or town
  2. The land of a person's birth or citizenship:
  3. A region, territory, or large tract of land distinguishable by features of topography, biology, or culture:
district
A geographical subdivision of a county, municipality, or similar entity, for political, judicial, or administrative ends; for example, a court district (in which a particular court has jurisdiction over certain matters arising within the borders or pertaining to people who live there) or a voting district (where all the franchised inhabitants are required to vote at a particular polling station). A geographical subdivision of a county, municipality, or similar entity, for political, judicial, or administrative ends; for example, a court district (in which a particular court has jurisdiction over certain matters arising within the borders or pertaining to people who live there) or a voting district (where all the franchised inhabitants are required to vote at a particular polling station).
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  1. A geographical subdivision of a county, municipality, or similar entity, for political, judicial, or administrative ends; for example, a court district (in which a particular court has jurisdiction over certain matters arising within the borders or pertaining to people who live there) or a voting district (where all the franchised inhabitants are required to vote at a particular polling station). A geographical subdivision of a county, municipality, or similar entity, for political, judicial, or administrative ends; for example, a court district (in which a particular court has jurisdiction over certain matters arising within the borders or pertaining to people who live there) or a voting district (where all the franchised inhabitants are required to vote at a particular polling station).
  2. Any region; part of a country, city, etc.
  3. A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature:
region
A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic:
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  1. A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic:
  2. An administrative division of a country, as in Italy
  3. A political district or unit, often with its adjacent lands:
territory
Any large tract of land; region; district
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  1. Any large tract of land; region; district
  2. A similar region, as in Canada or Australia, without the status of a province or state
  3. A political subdivision of a country.
turf
(Informal) The range of the authority or influence of a person, group, or thing; a bailiwick:
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  1. (Informal) The range of the authority or influence of a person, group, or thing; a bailiwick:
  2. (Informal) A neighborhood area regarded by a street gang as its own territory to be defended against other gangs
  3. One's own territory or domain
Find another word for terrain. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for terrain, like: ground, region, territory, area, topography, area, arena, bailiwick, circle, department and domain.

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  • The terrain was rough, covered with brush choked ravines and sharp granite bluffs.

  • He gazed out at the terrain below.

  • She leaned against a wall, overlooking a stretch of rocky terrain punctuated with patches of yellow-green grass.

  • The transportation was well organized in spite of the difficulties of the terrain.

  • By the accident of the terrain, or perhaps, following the experience of Breitenfeld, by design, the right of the Swedes was somewhat nearer to the enemy than the left.

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