domain

noun
do·main
/ˌdəʊˈmeɪ̯n/

A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.

Example

“The king ruled his domain harshly.”

Other meanings

A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.
“Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain: get in touch with customer services.”
A group of related items, topics, or subjects.

Related words

antidomain
bidomain
biodomain
chromodomain
cytodomain
didomain
domainal
domained
domainer
domainogram
domainome
domainwide

Example sentences

“The book is in the public domain.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“The musician releases her less successful works into the public domain.”
Tatoeba · hecko · CC0

Word history

From Latin "dominium" (property, right of ownership).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “domain” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.