province
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provinces
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provinces
Britannica Dictionary definition of PROVINCE
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[count]
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any one of the large parts that some countries are divided into
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the Canadian provinces
2
[count]
:
a subject or area of interest that a person knows about or is involved in
— usually singular
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It's a legal question that is/falls outside my province. [=it does not relate to the area that I know about]
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That subject is the special province of this magazine.
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Study in that area had once been the exclusive/sole province of academics.
3
the provinces
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the parts of a country that are away from large cities
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They left the city for life in the provinces.
