province
noun
Simple meaning
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈpɹɑvəns
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Definition
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noun
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
in the pluralchiefly with definite article
The parts of a country outside its national capital.
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
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This meaning: An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
Used this way, province is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Word family
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Related to An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
Compound terms
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Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes.
A former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814.
A former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814.
The district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order.
A populous province in northeastern China.
The collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
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