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Ontario is one of Canada's ten provinces.
What does Province mean?
A province is a major division of a country, or a formal area of responsibility or knowledge.
Dictionary definition
A major administrative division of some countries; formally, an area of knowledge, activity, or responsibility. The provinces can also mean areas away from a country's capital or largest cities.
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Province in a sentence
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Each province has a capital and an elected legislature.
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In Canada, provinces and territories have different constitutional sources of power.
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That engineering question is outside my province, so I asked an expert.
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The museum sent its exhibition from the capital to several cities in the provinces.
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What is a province in political geography?
Countries such as Canada are divided into provinces with their own governments and responsibilities.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses the formal responsibility meaning of province?
Here province means the architect's proper area of knowledge or responsibility.
Practice 3
Complete the sentence: Education is mainly a ____ responsibility in Canada.
Provincial is the adjective meaning related to a province.
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MeaningProvince means A province is a major division of a country, or a formal area of responsibility or knowledge.
ExampleExample: Ontario is one of Canada's ten provinces.
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Synonyms
Words like Province
administrative divisionA precise general term for the main political-geography sense.
fieldClose in formal use when province means an area of knowledge, activity, or responsibility.
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Does Province have an opposite?
Province has no general direct opposite. Country and city name different levels or kinds of place, not opposites.
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Word family
Province word family
Base word
province
noun
provinces
More than one province; with the, it can also mean areas outside the capital or largest cities.
adjective
provincial
Related to a province; it can also describe a narrow or local outlook, often disapprovingly.
adverb
provincially
At the provincial level or in a provincial manner.
noun
provincialism
A regional expression or a narrow focus on local concerns.
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Hint for students
Look for either an official division within a country or a formal area of knowledge and responsibility.
Common mix-up
A province is not simply the opposite of a country or city. Also, Canadian provinces and territories are different constitutional categories even though both have governments.
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Have students create a three-level diagram for Canada, one province, and one city. Then compare it with a country that uses states, regions, or another term instead of provinces.
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Use the model sentence, "A province is part of a country but has its own areas of government responsibility." Ask students why country and province are related without being synonyms.
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