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Definition von province

Häufigkeit

province

(prɒvɪns )
Wortformen:plural provinces
1. zählbares Substantiv
A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.
...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province.
Synonyme:region, section, county, district   Weitere Synonyme von province
2. Pluralwort
The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.
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.
Synonyme:area, business, concern, responsibility   Weitere Synonyme von province
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Häufigkeit

province in American

(ˈprɑvɪns ; prävˈins)
Substantiv
1. 
any of the outside territories controlled and ruled by ancient Rome
2. 
an administrative division of a country; specif., any of the ten main administrative divisions of Canada
3. 
a. 
a territorial district; territory
b.  [pl.]
the parts of a country removed from the capital and the populated, cultural centers
4. 
proper duties or functions; sphere
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
7. 
a division of the world, smaller than a region, with reference to the plants or animals found there
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Wortherkunft von province
OFr < L provincia, province < ? IE *prowo- (< base *pro-) > Gr prōira, prow1, OE frea, lord
Häufigkeit

province in British

(ˈprɒvɪns )
Substantiv
1. 
a territory governed as a unit of a country or empire
2. 
a district, territory, or region
3.  the provinces
4. ecology
a subdivision of a region, characterized by a particular fauna and flora
5. 
an area or branch of learning, activity, etc
6. 
the field or extent of a person's activities or office
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. 
a major administrative and territorial subdivision of a religious order
9. history
a region of the Roman Empire outside Italy ruled by a governor from Rome
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Wortherkunft von province
C14: from Old French, from Latin prōvincia conquered territory

Beispielsätze, die province enthalten

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Prem Lal took leave of his family and made his way to India, to Bose's home province of Bengal, working underground. Shah, Idries KARA KUSH (2001)Ackroyd Enterprises are at the very heart of the high tech industry which it is trying to establish locally or to attract to the province. Gagman, Maurice DOUBTFUL MOTIVES (2001)
I'm here because the Warlord of Dregian Province tried to have you declared dead and your province gifted to his younger brother. Jennifer Fallon HARSHINI (2001)

Trends von province

Häufig verwendet. province ist eines der 10.000 am häufigsten verwendeten Wörter im Collins Wörterbuch

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Übersetzungen für province

Britisches Englisch: province NOUN
A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.
...the country's southernmost province.
  • Amerikanisches Englisch: province
  • Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: província
  • Chinesisch: 省
  • Europäisches Spanisch: provincia
  • Französisch: province
  • Deutsch: Provinz
  • Italienisch: provincia
  • Japanisch: 州
  • Koreanisch: 지방
  • Europäisches Portugiesisch: província
  • Spanisch: provincia

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Nahe Wörter von province

  • provident society
  • providential
  • providing
  • province
  • provinces
  • Provincetown
  • provincewide

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Verwandte Begriffe von province

  • Cape Province
  • Rhine Province
  • Eastern Province
  • Northern Province
  • Western Province

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