domain

Plural

domains

1. 1.A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.

   • The king ruled his domain harshly.
   • Farmers account for just 1.5% of the British population, but the size of their domain – 71% of the country’s surface area is classified as farmland – has given them power over the public imagination.
   • Bears and other ferocious beasts resented man's intrusion into their domain; so, too, did the Blackfoot Indians and other tribes, whose savage hostility was a constant menace to the lives of the toiling engineers.

2. 2.A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.

   • Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain: get in touch with customer services.
   • His domain is English history.

3. 3.A group of related items, topics, or subjects.

4. 4.The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.

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Synonyms

• area
• arena
• field
• orbit
• sphere