province

1. 1.

   the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

   “his state is in the deep south”

   Synonymsstate

   Broaderadministrative district

   NarrowercommonwealtheparchyAmerican stateGuangdongGansuHebeiHunanSzechwanYunnanXinjiang

   Part ofcountry
2. 2.

   the proper sphere or extent of your activities

   “it was his province to take care of himself”

   Synonymsresponsibility

   Broadersphere

   Narrowerecclesiastical province

Other forms of province

plural

provinces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about province

What does province mean?

province means "the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in province?

province has 2 syllables: pro-vince. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑvəns/.

What is another word for province?

Close synonyms include state, responsibility. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is province a common word?

province is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.