Antonyms for province
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : prov-ins |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒv ɪns |
Definition of province
Origin :- early 14c., "country, territory, region," from Old French province "province, part of a country; administrative region for friars" (13c.) and directly from Latin provincia "territory outside Italy under Roman domination," also "a public office; public duty," of uncertain origin, usually explained as pro- "before" + vincere "to conquer" (see victor); but this does not suit the earliest Latin usages. Meaning "one's particular business or expertise" is from 1620s.
- noun area of rule, responsibility
- They are not the principles of a province or of a single continent.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Still she felt that it was not within her province to interfere.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- And to that old French province the Englishman of the colonies must go to find his country!
- Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Each governor, at one time, was free to do almost as he pleased in his own province.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- And who fetched them into this province, I should like to know!
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Party journalism in the Province of Quebec is peculiarly bitter and mendacious.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- The Ridiculous only, as I have before said, falls within my province in the present work.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- But to follow those is the province of the intellect, not of the imagination.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- The province passed into the hands of the Dutch of New Amsterdam, however, in 1655.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- The hurricane, the most furious ever felt in the province, lasted three days.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
Synonyms for province
- arena
- bailiwick
- business
- calling
- canton
- capacity
- champaign
- charge
- colony
- concern
- county
- demesne
- department
- dependency
- district
- division
- domain
- dominion
- duty
- employment
- field
- function
- jurisdiction
- line
- office
- orbit
- part
- post
- pursuit
- realm
- region
- role
- section
- shire
- sphere
- terrain
- territory
- tract
- walk
- work
- zone
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