| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest: area, arena, bailiwick, circle, department, domain, field, province, realm, scene, subject, terrain, territory, world. Slang : bag. See TERRITORY. 2. A course, process, or journey that ends where it began or repeats itself: circle, circuit, cycle, round, tour, turn. See REPETITION. 3. An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power: ambit, compass, extension, extent, purview, range, reach, realm, scope, sphere, sweep, swing. See TERRITORY. | | VERB: | To move or cause to move in circles or around an axis: circle, circumvolve, gyrate, revolve, rotate, turn, wheel. See MOVE, REPETITION.
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