Definition of Grey area

1. Noun. An intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other.

Exact synonyms: Gray Area
Generic synonyms: Area

Definition of Grey area

1. Noun. An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories where the border between the two is fuzzy. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grey Area

grex name
grex names
grey
grey-collar
grey-haired
grey-headed
grey-heron
grey-legged tinamou
grey-legged tinamous
grey-necked wood rail
grey-necked wood rails
grey-throated rail
grey-throated rails
grey-wolf
grey alder
grey area (current term)
grey areas
grey crescent
grey crow
grey crows
grey eminence
grey fox
grey ghost
grey ghosts
grey goo
grey hat
grey hats
grey heron
grey herons
grey jay

Literary usage of Grey area

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Teaching of Algebra (including Trigonometry) by Thomas Percy Nunn (1914)
"It is easy to show that, however numerous the rectangles, the grey area will always be ... The total grey area remains, therefore, one half of the big white ..."

2. Asia's Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional and Human Security by William T. Tow, In-Taek Hyun (2000)
"... 8 "grey area phenomena" and human security Peter A. Chalk This chapter aims to broaden the terms of reference through which international and regional ..."

3. The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Market by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"(c) Arrangements for agriculture, 'grey-area' measures, and trade-related ... 'Grey-area measures', such as voluntary restraints or orderly marketing ..."

4. Jury And The Search For Truth: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"Similarly, there will be a grey area around any legal standard that rests on an assessment of a fact-based threshold. For example, some situations clearly ..."

5. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don H. Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"A second grey area pertains to those cogs in the wider machine who may not have ... A third grey area refers to the matter of'horizontal' or 'lateral' ..."

6. Reshaping the World Trading System: A History of the Uruguay Round by John Croome (1996)
"Emergency measures against imports other than those permitted under Article XIX were banned, and existing grey area measures should be phased out or brought ..."

7. Financial Support to Fisheries: Implications for Sustainable Development by Anthony Cox, Carl-Christian Michael Roedsted Schmidt (2006)
"Infrastructure is a grey area and is included in both the WTO and OECD ... This latter item is a grey area as it is included in the WTO definition, ..."

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