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Definition of gray area in English English dictionary
- A part that is not clear or certain; something that is open to interpretation
It's a gray area how much the rules permit you to use.
- vague realm or area, ambiguous field; position which is not totally legal and not totally illegal, area known to be problematic but that is not dealt with specifically
- an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
- gray areas
- plural form of gray area
- grey area
- An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories where the border between the two is fuzzy
- grey area
- A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
- grey area
- grey area grey areas in AM, use gray area If you refer to something as a grey area, you mean that it is unclear, for example because nobody is sure how to deal with it or who is responsible for it, or it falls between two separate categories of things. At the moment, the law on compensation is very much a grey area. that gray area between blue-collar laborers and white-collar professionals
- grey area
- vague realm or area, ambiguous field; area that is forbidden to cross; dangerous area
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Hyphenation
gray ar·e·aTurkish pronunciation
grey eriıPronunciation
/ˈgrā ˈerēə/ /ˈɡreɪ ˈɛriːə/
Etymology
[ 'grA ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English gr[AE]g; akin to Old High German grIs, grAo gray.Resimler
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