Definition von province
Wortformen:plural provinces
1. zählbares Substantiv
...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province.
2. Pluralwort
The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from the capital to
the provinces.
3. Singular [with poss]
If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.
Arvo avoided committing himself. 'I'm afraid that's not my province,' he replied.
Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Substantiv
1.
any of the outside territories controlled and ruled by ancient Rome
2.
3.
a.
a territorial district; territory
4.
enforcing the laws does not fall within the province of this commission
5.
an area, division, or branch of learning or activity
6.
a division of a country under the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan
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Substantiv
2.
a district, territory, or region
7. Roman Catholic Church, Church of England
an ecclesiastical territory, usually consisting of several dioceses, and having an archbishop or metropolitan at its head
8.
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Britisches Englisch: province NOUN
A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.
...the country's southernmost province.
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