Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - province
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Province
province
~ n 1 also Province one of the large areas into which some countries are divided (Sichuan is China's most populous province.) 2 the provinces especially BrE the parts of a country that are not near to the capital city 3 sb's province a subject that someone knows a lot about or something that they are responsible for (Sales forecasts are outside my province - talk to the Sales Manager.) 4 an area that an archbishop (=a priest of the highest rank) is responsible for (- compare diocese)
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(provinces) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration. ...the Algarve, Portugal’s southernmost province. N-COUNT 2. 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 Paris to the provinces. N-PLURAL: usu the N 3. 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. Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry. N-SING: with poss ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin provincia Date: 14th century 1. a. a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government b. an administrative district or division of a country c. plural all of a country except the metropolises 2. a. a division of a country forming the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan b. a territorial unit of a religious order 3. a. a biogeographic division of less rank than a region b. an area that exhibits essential continuity of geological history; also one characterized by particular structural or petrological features 4. a. proper or appropriate function or scope ; sphere that question is outside my ~ b. a department of knowledge or activity Synonyms: see function ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a principal administrative division of a country etc. 2 (the provinces) the whole of a country outside the capital, esp. regarded as uncultured, unsophisticated, etc. 3 a sphere of action; business (outside my province as a teacher). 4 a branch of learning etc. (in the province of aesthetics). 5 Eccl. a district under an archbishop or a metropolitan. 6 Rom.Hist. a territory outside Italy under a Roman governor. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L provincia charge, province ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
горн. область; провинция - coal province - metallogenic province - oil-bearing province ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. область, провинция 2. провинция, периферия the concert party is now touring the provinces —- концертная группа гастролирует сейчас в провинции 3. провинция (геологическая, климатическая) 4. архиепископская епархия, архиепископство; митрополия 5. область (знаний) province of philology —- область филологии 6. сфера деятельности; компетенция it is not my province, it does not fall within my province, it is outside my province —- это не в моей компетенции, я этим не занимаюсь Id: the Provinces —- ам. Канада ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) область, провинция 2) pl. провинция, периферия; the provinces - вся страна за исключением столицы 3) область (знаний и т.п.); сфера деятельности, компетенция; it is out of my province - это вне моей компетенции 4) архиепископская епархия the Provinces amer. - Канада ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 14c., from L. provincia "territory under Roman domination," usually explained as pro- "before" + vincere "to conquer." Provincial "countrified" first recorded 1755. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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