Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy or ill-defined.

    It exists in a grey area between legal and illegal.

    Grauzone

    се́рая зо́наséraja zóna

  2. (idiomatic)A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other, that is open to interpretation.

    an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other

Examples

4 sentences
  1. It is regarded as a grey area.

    deEs wird als Grauzone betrachtet.

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  2. Today, we live in a grey area.

    deHeute leben wir in einer Grauzone.

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  3. It's a legal grey area.

    deDas ist eine Grauzone.

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  4. Algeria is in the grey area between democratic and authoritarian.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
area intermediate between two fuzzily-distinguished categories:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
area intermediate between two fuzzily-distinguished categories:

Origin

Because grey is a blend of black and white.

Because grey is a blend of black and white.

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Forms

plural: grey areas

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other:gray area

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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