province
part of speech
noun (a province, provinces)
meaning for a pupil
1) A large part of a country with its own local government, like Ontario in Canada. tree →
2) the provinces (UK, plural) All of a country outside the capital city. tree →
3) An area of knowledge or responsibility: «Cooking is Dad's province.» tree →
4) (church) A group of dioceses under an archbishop. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography Canada has ten provinces and three territories; Ireland has four old provinces (Leinster, Munster, Connacht, Ulster); South Africa and China have provinces. Phrases: «the province of Quebec», «in the provinces», «outside my province».
examples
- Canada is made up of provinces and territories. tree →
- Ontario is the most populous province of Canada. tree →
- Ireland has four provinces, including Munster. tree →
- My cousins live out in the provinces, far from London. tree →
- Gardening is Granny's province. tree →
- That question is outside my province, ask the science teacher. tree →
- The archbishop leads the church province. tree →
- Long, long ago there was a large plain called Adachigahara, in the province of Mutsu in Japan. tree →
note
Countable. Adjective «provincial» (of a province; also, rudely, narrow-minded or not like the big city). Canada: «provinces»; Australia: «states»; USA: «states». Northern Ireland is sometimes called «the Province».
In the corpora
- In Canada the provinces rate films; ratings such as 14A mean under-14s must be with an adult.
- In Europa Universalis 5, colonising looks like filling empty provinces with settlers.
- And from Judea, a Roman province, the teaching of Jesus spread along Roman roads.
- So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
- She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «province» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.