domain
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 →
2) A domain is an area of knowledge, work or activity, as in «maths is her domain». tree →
3) (internet) A domain or domain name is the address of a website, like example.com. tree →
4) (maths) The domain of a function is the set of numbers you are allowed to put into it. tree →
5) Public domain is a book, song or picture that anyone may use freely, because no one owns its copyright any more. tree →
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 →
- The kitchen is Dad's domain on Sundays. tree →
- Check the domain name before you type your password. tree →
- The website's domain ends in .org. tree →
- Space science is her domain. tree →
- Old stories in the public domain are free to share. tree →
- The lion guarded his domain on the savanna. tree →
- This text, which matches the 1911 original publication, is in the public domain in the US. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.