province
[noun]
Synonyms:
- region, colony, department, district, division, domain, patch, section, zone
- area, business, capacity, concern, duty, field, function, line, responsibility, role, sphere

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Related Words: calling, pursuit, work

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

prov‧ince /ˈprɒvəns, ˈprɒvɪns $ ˈprɑː-/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin provincia 'Roman land', from vincere 'to defeat']

1. (also Province) [countable] one of the large areas into which some countries are divided, and which usually has its own local government:
a Chinese province

2. the provinces the parts of a country that are not near the capital

3. [singular] formal a subject that someone knows a lot about or something that only they are responsible for
province of
Computers were once the exclusive province of scientists and mathematicians.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

province
noun
I. region
ADJ. northern, southern, etc. | central, coastal, frontier the central province of Ghor
English-speaking, French-speaking, etc. | autonomous 2 the provinces not the capital city
VERB + PROVINCE tour The show is currently touring the provinces.
PREP. from the ~ She's from the provinces and not familiar with Rome.
in the ~ There are a number of press agencies based in London and in the provinces.

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