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Meaning of in the region of | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR C2

Definitions

approximately equivalent to; around; close to (a determinate figure or vale)

Examples

“17 September 1980, Geoffrey Howe, Letter regarding Welsh Language TV If we had to deduct the full net cost of the Welsh language service from the levy on the ITV companies, this would be an unwelcome addition to the PSBR, which I understand your officials put at somewhere in the region of £10 million a year.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

in the shadow of in the shoes of in the space of in the stead of in the teeth of in the thick of