noun
plural areas
[count] a part or section within a larger place :region
a section of space within a building, room, etc.
[count] :a part of the surface of something (such as a person's body or a piece of cloth)
[count] :a field of activity or study
the amount of space inside a shape, surface, region, room, etc. [count]
in the area of
close to (an amount)