playing area
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1.8
- noun
:
zona de juego
- Both teams line up facing each other at the center of the playing area.
Check out if your airport has a child play center or play area.
- Check out if your airport has a child play center or play area.
- And they go to an indoor play area like a they call it a Gymboree.
- And so they're shrinking the size of their kids play area with this force that they're exerting.
- So as, as I'm walking into this small area, play area for, for children, there are plenty of children there.
- Like an area where they can just go ham and they can be kids and it can be their play area.
Examples
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Is the setup of equipment done in such a manner that students with ambulatory problems can easily maneuver around the playing area free of restrictions?
Academic text (1996) -
They are survival challenges and dozens of them are scattered all over the playing area.
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And we would run around the play area and have a little lunch.
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To set up the game, first place the game board in the middle of the playing area.
Blog text (12) -
Did the coach use an adequate playing area?
Academic text (1996) -
The city block around the theater was delimited as the playing area.
Fiction book (1993) -
We are in the children's play area right now having a picnic.
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Furthermore, ample equipment was available for each student's use (multiple softballs and gloves), and the playing area was properly arranged prior to the start of the class.
Academic text (2001) -
The playing area was 50 yd (45.7 m) across and 25 yd (22.9 m) wide.
Academic text (2004) -
Both teams line up facing each other at the center of the playing area.
Synonyms
713
1.0
An area marked for playing sports like soccer
320
3.0
A marked area used for sports, for example golf
248
1.1
An area marked for playing sports like tennis or basketball
111
1.0
A large field or stadium where baseball games are played
41
1.4
A flat area marked with lines and a net where people play tennis
34
2.6
An area of ground marked for playing sports like soccer
31
1.4
An indoor or outdoor area marked with lines for playing basketball
14
1.0
An area of grass or artificial grass marked for playing soccer with goalposts
5
1.5
An area of land prepared and marked for playing sports
3
2.1
An area of land people prepare and keep for playing sports like soccer or track
1
1.4
A marked area with a net where people play volleyball
1
2.1
An area marked for playing badminton with a net in the middle
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4.0
The area of a game where the ball or puck moves
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Morphology
The meaning 'a piece of land or space for playing a sport or game' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'playing' (engaging in play) with 'area' (a region or space). This simple compositional noun phrase follows standard English patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun playing area comes from the simple image of a space set aside for play: the parts playing and area mean a field or court marked for games where children or athletes run. So it means 'a piece of land or space specially prepared and marked for playing'.