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GREY AREA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grey area mean?
• GREY AREA (noun)
The noun GREY AREA has 1 sense:
1. an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
Familiarity information: GREY AREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
gray area; grey area
Hypernyms ("grey area" is a kind of...):
area (a subject of study)
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