| query | A p_______ is a large section of a country which has its own administration .A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration . ...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province. |
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| word | province |
| full-definition | noun A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration . ...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province. The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated . The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from the capital to the provinces. If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it. Arvo avoided committing himself. 'I'm afraid that's not my province,' he replied. Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry. |
| inflections | provinces |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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