Thesaurus results for PROVINCE

Q: How is the word 'province' distinct from other similar nouns?

Some common synonyms of province are duty , function , and office . While all these words mean "the acts or operations expected of a person or thing," province applies to a function, office, or duty that naturally or logically falls to one. // I felt it was not my province to inquire — Anne Brontë

Q: Where would 'duty' be a reasonable alternative to 'province'?

The words duty and province are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, duty applies to a task or responsibility imposed by one's occupation, rank, status, or calling. // it is the judicial duty of the court, to examine the whole case — R. B. Taney

Q: When is 'function' a more appropriate choice than 'province'?

The meanings of function and province largely overlap; however, function implies a definite end or purpose or a particular kind of work. // the function of language is two-fold: to communicate emotion and to give information — Aldous Huxley

Q: When can 'office' be used instead of 'province'?

The synonyms office and province are sometimes interchangeable, but office is typically applied to the function or service associated with a trade or profession or a special relationship to others. // they exercise the offices of the judge, the priest, the counsellor — W. E. Gladstone

province

noun

ˈprä-vən(t)s

Definition of province next

as in area

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence a legal question outside the doctor's province

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How is the word province distinct from other similar nouns?

Some common synonyms of province are duty, function, and office. While all these words mean "the acts or operations expected of a person or thing," province applies to a function, office, or duty that naturally or logically falls to one.

I felt it was not my province to inquire — Anne Brontë

Where would duty be a reasonable alternative to province?

The words duty and province are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, duty applies to a task or responsibility imposed by one's occupation, rank, status, or calling.

it is the judicial duty of the court, to examine the whole case — R. B. Taney

When is function a more appropriate choice than province?

The meanings of function and province largely overlap; however, function implies a definite end or purpose or a particular kind of work.

the function of language is two-fold: to communicate emotion and to give information — Aldous Huxley

When can office be used instead of province?

The synonyms office and province are sometimes interchangeable, but office is typically applied to the function or service associated with a trade or profession or a special relationship to others.

they exercise the offices of the judge, the priest, the counsellor — W. E. Gladstone

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Recent Examples of province Almada was born in 1973 and raised in Villa Elisa, a small town (the population was some six thousand people at the time) in Entre Ríos, a subtropical province in the northeast, on the Uruguayan border, in an area that Argentineans call el litoral. —

Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025 The plane crashed into a rice field near Ampatuan, a small municipality in the southern Maguindanao del Sur province. —

CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025 Ontario's premier Doug Ford said his province is banning American companies from provincial contracts until the tariffs are removed and has joined another premier in curbing sales of American liquor. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 Thousands of Loyalists—Americans who maintained their allegiance to the British Crown—migrated northwards to colonize Canada, including the new Anglophone province of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) in the 1780s and 1790s. —

Lawrence B.a. Hatter / Made By History, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for province

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After having taken a liking to the languages of the area, specifically Bengali, Clint returned to the U.S. and attended the University of Chicago to get his graduate degree in South Asian languages and civilizations.

— Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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— Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025