Provinces - English meaning

noun

An event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to.

Usage examples:

The board admitted responsibility for the affair

noun

A situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered; a matter

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The meeting was addressed by an expert in south american affairs., what i do in my spare time is my…

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A situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered

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Foreign affairs as a leader, he's been criticized for his inexperience in foreign affairs., interfe…

noun

A region or part of a town, a country, or the world.

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Rural areas of britain

noun

A part of the earth’s surface of land and water, or a particular part of a country, city, town, etc.

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An industrial/suburban/mountainous area, this area of the brain is called the cerebral cortex., his…

noun

A particular part of a place, piece of land, or country

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This is an area of the city where 48% of the properties are rental properties., our goal is to grow…

noun

A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.

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Experts who typically conduct their business over the internet

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services, or a particular company that does this, or work in general rather than pleasure

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[ c ] he runs a dry cleaning business., [ u ] i’m in baltimore on business., [ u ] our firm does a …

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services

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In business she is an academic, but all her brothers work in business., be in business currently, f…

noun

A subdivision of a country established for political or administrative purposes.

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They rejected the possibility of dividing the country into cantons

proper noun

An industrial city in north-eastern ohio; population 78,362 (est. 2008). the professional football hall of fame is here.

noun

A political region or local government area in some countries, especially one of the 23 political regions into which switzerland is divided

noun

A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.

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Japanese forces overran the french colony of indo-china

noun

A country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country

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An artists’ colony, an ant colony, peru was colonized by the spanish in the 16th century.

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A country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away

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Australia and new zealand are former british colonies.

noun

A division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity.

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The council's finance department

noun

Any of the divisions or parts of esp. a school, business, or government

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Chavez is the head of the geography department., the shoe department is on the fifth floor., she li…

noun

One part of a large organization, such as a company or university, that deals with a particular area of work, business, study, etc.

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Run/manage a department, the sales/human resources/finance department, he was previously a lecturer…

noun

A country or province controlled by another.

Usage examples:

The islands became dependencies of norway and denmark

noun

A situation in which you need something or someone and are unable to continue normally without them

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Some parents infantilize young adults and keep them in a permanent state of dependency., we need to…

noun

An inability to stop doing something harmful, or using something harmful, especially a drug

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Many of the people who come to the clinic have drug or alcohol dependencies., he wrote a memoir abo…

noun

The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.

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A lack of proper parental and school discipline

verb

Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.

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Many parents have been afraid to discipline their children

noun

Training that produces obedience or self-control, often in the form of rules and punishments if these are broken, or the obedience or self-control produced by this training

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Military discipline, learning a foreign language requires discipline., an academic discipline, he w…

noun

An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity.

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A coal-mining district

verb

Divide into areas.

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The committee districted the city into blocks

noun

An area of a country, state, or city that has been given fixed borders for official purposes, or one having a particular feature that makes it different from surrounding areas

Usage examples:

The theater district in new york is in midtown manhattan.

noun

The action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.

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The division of the land into small fields

noun

The separation of something into parts or groups, or one of the parts or groups that has been separated

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[ u ] the division of responsibilities among the officers of the company was spelled out in detail.…

noun

One of the main separate parts that a company, or group of companies, is divided into

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The year-on-year profit figure for the division fell by 36%., investment/services/international div…

noun

An area of territory owned or controlled by a particular ruler or government.

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The french domains of the plantagenets

noun

An area of interest or an area over which a person has control

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She treated the business as her private domain., in the public domain these documents are in the pu…

noun

A set of websites on the internet that end with the same letters, for example .com

noun

Sovereignty or control.

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Man's attempt to establish dominion over nature

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Control over a country or people, or the land that belongs to a ruler

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[ u ] the collapse of spain’s empire prepared the way for britain’s dominion over the seas.

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Control over a country or people

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Have dominion over god has dominion over (= controls) all his creatures., napoleon dreamed of achie…

noun

An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service; a fee.

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During the eastern zhou royal power declined and there was a concomitant growth in the feudal fiefs…

noun

An area of land, especially one that is rented and paid for by work

Usage examples:

The stage is his personal fiefdom.

noun

An area or type of activity that is controlled by someone

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The stage is his personal fiefdom.

noun

An area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences.

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A wheat field

verb

Attempt to catch or stop the ball and return it after it has been hit by the batter, thereby preventing runs being scored or base runners advancing.

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First, he took his eyes off the ball while fielding at short leg, and failed to notice that sarwan …

adjective

Attempt to catch or stop the ball and return it after it has been hit by the batsman or batter, thereby preventing runs being scored or base runners advancing.

noun

An area of land held by lease.

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He stated he had approximately 180 acres of his own land but also had rented other holdings through…

verb

Grasp, carry, or support with one's hands.

Usage examples:

She was holding a brown leather suitcase

noun

Assets such as property, shares, or cash that a government, company, or person owns

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Holding in sth the government announced that it would replace its gold reserves with holdings in do…

noun

An official order or commission to do something.

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A mandate to seek the release of political prisoners

verb

Give (someone) authority to act in a certain way.

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The rightful king was mandated and sanctioned by god

noun

Authority to act in a particular way given to a government or a person, esp. as a result of a vote or ruling

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[ + to infinitive ] the president secured a congressional mandate to send troops to bosnia., the la…

noun

The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

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The earth's orbit around the sun

verb

(of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet).

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Mercury orbits the sun

noun

The curved path through which objects in space move around a planet or star that has gravity (= a pulling force)

noun

The state of having, owning, or controlling something.

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She had taken possession of the sofa

noun

Anything owned

verb

Maintain (something) in its original or existing state.

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All records of the past were zealously preserved

noun

A foodstuff made with fruit preserved in sugar, such as jam or marmalade.

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A jar of cherry preserve

noun

A state that is controlled and protected by another.

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Panama was juridically a protectorate of the united states

noun

A kingdom.

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The defence of the realm

noun

An area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

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The equatorial regions

noun

A particular area or part of a state, country, or the earth’s surface

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Wheat is the major crop of this region., he’s complaining of pain in the lower abdominal region., a…

noun

A particular area or part of the world, or one of the areas into which a country is divided

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The less-developed regions of the world, coastal regions of the country have much better infrastruc…

noun

The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.

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A true leader takes responsibility for their team and helps them achieve goals

noun

A duty to take care of something

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[ c ] with this promotion, jorge’s responsibilities will be increased., [ u ] parents must assume r…

noun

Something that it is your job or duty to deal with

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Responsibility to do sth as a board member, i have a responsibility to ask questions., responsibili…

noun

An area or portion that is distinct from others.

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Operations in the southern sector of the north sea

noun

A part of society that can be separated from other parts because of its own special character

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The farm sector, the nonprofit sector, she works in the private/public sector (= for a business/gov…

noun

One of the areas of activity that a country's economy is divided into

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The agricultural/industrial/manufacturing sector, the banking/business/financial sector, the it/tec…

noun

An official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict.

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Unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement

noun

Payment of money that is owed

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[ u ] we enclose a check in settlement of your claim., [ u ] early settlement developed around a co…

noun

An official agreement or decision that ends an argument, often involving a payment of money

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Negotiate/reach a settlement, the lawyer negotiated an out-of-court settlement of $2 million., in s…

noun

A round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.

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There's a particularly good 3d objects tool, which lets you create modelled spheres, cubes, rectang…

verb

Enclose in or as if in a sphere.

Usage examples:

Mourners, sphered by their dark garb

combining form

Denoting a structure or region of spherical form, especially a region round the earth.

Usage examples:

Ionosphere

noun

The particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.

Usage examples:

The state of the company's finances

verb

Express something definitely or clearly in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

The report stated that more than 51 per cent of voters failed to participate

noun

A condition or way of being

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The stable was preserved in its original state., your room is in a terrible state., it's a sad stat…

noun

An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.

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Sorties into enemy territory

noun

An area of land, sea, or space, esp. when it belongs to or is connected with a particular country, person, or animal

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[ u ] maryland gave up territory to form washington, dc., [ c ] the un is sending aid to the occupi…

noun

An area of a town, country, etc. that someone has responsibility for in their job

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A salesman's failure to achieve apparently realistic targets might be due to a change in the size o…

idiom

A place far away from any big town

Usage examples:

They live in some village in the back of beyond.

plural noun

A place that is off by itself, not near to transportation or a larger town

Usage examples:

I grew up in the backwoods of north carolina.

plural noun

An area far from any city or town, with few people and little to do for entertainment

Usage examples:

He edits a little paper in the boondocks.

noun

Land not in towns, cities, or industrial areas which is either used for farming or left in its natural condition

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Much of connecticut’s countryside is dotted with large estates and horse farms.

idiom

Far away from any towns and cities and where few people live

Usage examples:

He lives in a tiny house in the middle of nowhere.

plural noun

The sticks is a humorous way of referring to a place in the country

Usage examples:

My parents live out in the sticks.

idiom

If someone, such as a politician, is in the wilderness, they no longer have a position of authority, fame, or success and are not now in the news

Usage examples:

After five years in the political wilderness, she was recalled to be foreign minister., he has mana…

phrase

In an area that is far from where people usually live and difficult to get to, and that is not considered easy to live in

Usage examples:

She lives somewhere in the wilds of borneo., the story takes place out in the wilds of manitoba., t…

noun

The earth, together with all of its countries and peoples.

Usage examples:

He was doing his bit to save the world

noun

The planet on which human life has developed, esp. including all people and their ways of life

Usage examples:

People from all over the world will be attending the conference., the rapid growth of computers has…

noun

A particular area of activity

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Our world of work is changing rapidly., the world of advertising/the internet, the business/corpora…

noun

An area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions.

Usage examples:

A pedestrian zone

verb

Divide into or assign to zones.

Usage examples:

The park has been zoned into four distinct bioregions, each with its own ecological identity