province
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈprɑːvɪns/
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ámbito
- Yet even then, American courts considered it the province of the jury to use some form of personal knowledge.
- an exclusive province
- the sole province
Art, when really understood, is a province of every human being.
- Art, when really understood, is a province of every human being.
- So he says beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem.
- Things like curriculum and so forth are rightly in the province of faculty.
- I don't think the shame thing is, is, is the the, the province of one gender or the other, but I do think that it gets experienced in gendered ways.
- Now, we often think of gaslighting as being the province of what we typically observe in high conflict personality styles.
Examples
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"Aspirational morality" was once the exclusive province of the church, outside the jurisdiction of the state.
Academic text (2008) -
No part of marriage... is the exclusive province of any one sex.
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Before then, the Internet has been the province of the few.
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Art, when really understood, is a province of every human being.
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The field of entertainment is the province of the professional musician.
Academic text (1994) -
Anything that has to do with music is my province, wouldn't you say?
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The sources and dissemination of information to the general population have been the province of institutions.
Academic text (1995) -
Education has thus become a province of human life dominated by rationalism.
Academic text (1991) -
After nights of incessant laboratory work and days of poring over reference notes and index files, slowly I realized I had allowed myself to stray into another man's province.
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When it comes to computer science, programming is a province where I feel most confident.
Synonyms
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4.8
An area of knowledge or activity, for example history and music
105
2.3
An area of knowledge or activity that people study, for example mathematics
Compounds
A former province in southern South Africa that split in 1994 into Western, Eastern, and Northern Cape
A former area in southern South Africa that was divided into smaller regions in 1994
A former province in northeastern South Africa that is now divided into several provinces
A province in southern China known for many different cultures, rich plant life, and beautiful scenery
How Broad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Province originally meant a 'task' or area given to an official. That's why a province can also mean someone's area of responsibility or knowledge.