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If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's p_______, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.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.
word province
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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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