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grey areas

grey areas is the plural of grey area.

Meaning of grey area

Noun

grey area (plural grey areas)

  1. (idiomatic) An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy or ill-defined.
    • It exists in a grey area between legal and illegal.
  2. (idiomatic) A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other, that is open to interpretation.
    • Fame is a grey area[.]2007 May, Men's Health, volume 22, number 4, page 94
    Synonyms:
    penumbra

Questions about grey areas

What is grey areas the plural of?
Grey areas is the plural of grey area.

Words near grey areas in the dictionary

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  4. grey ammonia
  5. grey area
  6. grey areas
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  8. grey baby syndrome
  9. grey belt
  10. grey box
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