Skip to main content

noun

domain

a particular environment or walk of life

In a sentence

Six example sentences with domain, each labelled with its topic.

  • Diagnosing rare metabolic disorders is the domain of a handful of specialists who see perhaps forty such patients yearly.

    Medicine

  • Restoring gilded frames remains the domain of a few workshops in Florence that still mix their own rabbit skin glue.

    Art

  • Rebounding in traffic is the domain of players who accept bruises and never appear in a highlight reel.

    Basketball

  • Ethics was once the domain of priests, and philosophers spent centuries arguing that reason could claim it too.

    Philosophy

  • Pricing water is the domain of economists who study scarcity, and their models now shape drought policy.

    Economics

  • Patent disputes are the domain of a small bar of lawyers who also hold degrees in chemistry or engineering.

    Law

Study domain until you keep it

Learn English words in sentences about topics you pick, with a quick quiz. With an account, words come back for review.

Found in these word lists

Found in 5 published word listsAuthoritative

Each source is a published word list that contains domain. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.