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Meaning of grey area | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy or ill-defined.
    idiomatic
  2. A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other, that is open to interpretation.
    idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch Grauzone
Français zone grise
한국어 애매한 영역
Polski szara strefa
Русский се́рая зо́на
Svenska gråzon

Examples

“It exists in a grey area between legal and illegal.”
“Fame is a grey area[.]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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