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# domain

«domain» in Mova's school dictionary: **an area of land that a king, lord or person owns or rules** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a domain, domains)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A domain is an area of land that a king, lord or person owns or rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#m1)

2) A domain is an area of knowledge, work or activity, as in «maths is her domain». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#m2)

3) (internet) A domain or domain name is the address of a website, like example.com. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#m3)

4) (maths) The domain of a function is the set of numbers you are allowed to put into it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#m4)

5) Public domain is a book, song or picture that anyone may use freely, because no one owns its copyright any more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In history (a king's domain), in computing lessons (website names and safety: checking the domain before clicking), and in older maths. In stories a character's domain is their own place: «the kitchen was Gran's domain». Phrases: domain name, public domain, in the domain of.

### examples

- The castle and forest were the king's domain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#x1)
- The kitchen is Dad's domain on Sundays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#x2)
- Check the domain name before you type your password. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#x3)
- The website's domain ends in .org. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#x4)
- Space science is her domain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#x5)
- Old stories in the public domain are free to share. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#x6)
- The lion guarded his domain on the savanna. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#x7)
- This text, which matches the 1911 original publication, is in the public domain in the US. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/#x8)

### note

Countable. «Public domain» means no one owns the copyright any more, so anyone may use it. A fake website can use a domain that looks almost like the real one (amaz0n) — a safety trap. Do not confuse with «domino».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «domain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.