province
/province/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A principal administrative division of a country: A "province" is a major territorial unit within a nation, often with its own local government.
- A sphere of activity, knowledge, or responsibility: "Province" can also refer to the proper scope or domain of a person's work, authority, or expertise.
Examples
Noun (Administrative Division):
- British Columbia is a province of Canada.
- The country is divided into twelve provinces and one capital region.
Noun (Sphere of Activity):
- The technical details are outside my province; you should ask an engineer.
- It was her province to manage the household budget.
Advanced Usage
- "within one's province": within the area of one's responsibility or expertise.
- Making that decision is well within the province of the committee chair.
- "the provinces": (often used collectively) all parts of a country outside the capital city.
- The new fashion trend started in the capital before spreading to the provinces.
Variants and Related Words
- Provincial (adj): relating to a province or the provinces; often implying a lack of sophistication associated with areas outside the capital.
- She moved from a provincial town to the bustling capital.
- Provincially (adv): in a provincial manner; by or in the provinces.
- The program is funded provincially.
Synonyms
- Region: a large, usually continuous part of a surface or space.
- Domain: a specified sphere of activity or knowledge.
- Jurisdiction: the official power to make legal decisions and judgments; the territory over which this power applies.
Related Phrases
- Province of: used to specify a particular area of responsibility.
- The province of foreign policy belongs to the federal government.
Noun
- the proper sphere or extent of your activities
- it was his province to take care of himself
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- his state is in the deep south