Meaning

18 senses
  1. Any given region or area of the world.

    an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

  2. A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.

    There is a no-smoking zone that extends 25 feet outside of each entrance.

    The white zone is for loading and unloading only.

    Bereich, Distrikt, Eingabefeld

    зо́наzóna, по́ясpójas, райо́нrajón

    зо́наzóna

  3. (broadly)A restricted category or virtual place.

    The discussion was veering off into a danger zone.

  4. A band or area of growth encircling anything.

    a zone of evergreens on a mountain

    the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent

  5. A band or stripe extending around a body.

  6. A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.

  7. (informal)The strike zone.

    That pitch was low and away, just outside the zone.

  8. Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines.

    Players are off side, if they enter the attacking zone before the puck.

  9. A semicircular area in front of each goal.

  10. (figuratively)A mental state of high concentration and performance; see: in the zone.

    I just got in the zone late in the game: everything was going in.

    Fixierungszeitraum

  11. A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player.

  12. That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.

    Zone

Examples

210 sentences
  1. It's like a war zone there.

    ruПохоже, там зона боевых действий.

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  2. It's like a war zone here.

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  3. It's morning here in my time zone.

    ruЗдесь, в моём часовом поясе, утро.

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  4. Tom and Mary don't live in the same time zone.

    ruТом и Мэри не живут в одном часовом поясе.

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  5. Sometimes it's good to challenge yourself and step outside your comfort zone.

    deManchmal ist es gut, sich selbst herauszufordern und aus seiner Komfortzone herauszutreten.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic etc:
Русский
By meaning 1
area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic etc:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic etc:
high performance phase or period:

Origin

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”). Doublet of zona.

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”). Doublet of zona.

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Forms

plural: zones
Singularzone
Pluralzones

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic etc:areaA2beltA2districtB1regionB1sectionA1sectorB2sphereB1territoryB2
handball: area in front of a goal:creaseB2
Close in meaning
  • (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure:zona
  • any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude:geographical zone

Word family

156 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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