zoning

1. 1.

   dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc

   Broaderdivision

   Part ofcity planning

Other forms of zoning

plural

zonings·

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 zoning

What does zoning mean?

zoning means "dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc".

How many syllables are in zoning?

zoning has 2 syllables: zo-ning. The stress falls on "zo". In IPA it is /ˈzoʊnɪŋ/.

Is zoning a common word?

zoning is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.