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noun
- Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
- An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
- An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
- A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
- A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
- (rare) A town or city.
- (historical, British, law) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
- one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
noun
- range of jurisdiction or influence
- the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
- surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- (uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
- (uncountable, with "the", sports) A racetrack, hippodrome.
- (uncountable, countable) A thick, carpet-like bed of algae.
- (uncountable, by extension) A person's domain or sphere of influence.
- (uncountable, slang) A territory claimed by a gang as their own.
- (countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
- (uncountable, specifically) A surface of synthetic fibers made to look like grass; artificial turf.
- (uncountable, with "the", sports) The sport of racing horses.
- (countable) A block of peat used as fuel.
verb
- cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
- (business) To cancel a project or product.
- To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
- (business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
- (medical slang, transitive) To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.
- (informal, transitive) To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
noun
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- Dung; compost; manure.
- (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
- (uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- Country or territory.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
- (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
- That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
- A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
verb
- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- To make invalid, to ruin.
- (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
- To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.
noun
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
- a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- an area of knowledge or interest
- A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
- A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
- A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
- (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
- (Australia) One of three of Australia's federal entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
- A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
- (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
- An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
- A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
- (Canada) One of three of Canada's federal entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
noun
- A region or territory under such rule.
- The legal tenure involved.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.
- (international law) Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate.
- housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned
- one of the dwelling units in a condominium
noun
- A similar court of law in various other countries and jurisdictions.
- In England and Wales, a lower court of law that deals with less serious offences, as well as initial hearings for serious offences prior to referring these to the Crown Court. Cases are heard by two or three magistrates, or sometimes a district judge, without a jury.
noun
- A territory under the rule of another country.
- a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
- The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- (linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
- Something that is owned.
- (sports) A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
- An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
- The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
- A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
- (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
- the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
- being controlled by passion or the supernatural
- anything owned or possessed
- the act of having and controlling property
- a mania restricted to one thing or idea
noun
- A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
- A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
- (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
- (genetics) A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
- A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
- A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
- (grammar) A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".
- any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
- man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- a person who follows or serves another
verb
adj
noun
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
verb
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
adj
noun
noun
- Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
- A sovereign country as a member of a larger organization.
- A land of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which there are four: the Netherlands proper (comprising its twelve European provinces and the three BES Islands of the Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) and the three Caribbean island countries of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.
- An administrative division of the United Kingdom: one of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
verb
- To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.
- To make mandatory.
- To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
- (Scotland, especially Christianity) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.
- make mandatory
- assign under a mandate
- assign authority to
noun
- (historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
- (historical) Such a territory.
- (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
- An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.
- (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
- a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
- a document giving an official instruction or command
- the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
noun
- An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
- An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
- (geology) A major region defined by common geologic attributes and history.
- (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
- (Christianity) An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
- (historical, Ancient Rome, Roman Empire) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect.
- (in the plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its national capital.
- the proper sphere or extent of your activities
adv
adj
noun
noun
- A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
- (multiplicity slang) A headmate who primarily fronts, or otherwise protects the system, in situations where the system is at risk of psychological harm.
- Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
- (UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
- One who prevents interference.
- A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
- (Roman Catholicism) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
- a person who cares for persons or property
noun
- a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
- (international politics) A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.
- (historical) A feudal landowner to whom vassals were forced to pledge allegiance.
noun
- (law) The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.
- (politics) The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.
- (sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
- The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
- (politics) The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.
- (philosophy) The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.
- (philosophy) The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective.
- (ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
- the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time
- the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements
- a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
noun
- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
- a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
- a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
- a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
- (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
- A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
- (India) An apartment complex or neighborhood.
- A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
- (biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
- A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
- A local group of Beaver Scouts.
- A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
noun
- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
- The status of being a legal dependent; the relationship between a dependent and their provider.
- Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
- A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
- A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
- (computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on.
- (computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
adj
- Of or pertaining to a province.
- Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
- Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
- Constituting a province.
- Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal.
- (extreme degree) backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude.
- characteristic of the provinces or their people
- of or associated with a province
noun
- A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
- (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
- A country bumpkin.
- (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- a country person
noun
- (geography) The land ruled by such a government, either together or separately.
- (politics) A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy established in Judea after the death of Herod and the Tetrarchy of Diocletian which ruled the Roman Empire in the years 293-313.
noun
- Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
- An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
- An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
- A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
- A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
- (rare) A town or city.
- (historical, British, law) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
- one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
noun
- range of jurisdiction or influence
- the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
- surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- (uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
- (uncountable, with "the", sports) A racetrack, hippodrome.
- (uncountable, countable) A thick, carpet-like bed of algae.
- (uncountable, by extension) A person's domain or sphere of influence.
- (uncountable, slang) A territory claimed by a gang as their own.
- (countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
- (uncountable, specifically) A surface of synthetic fibers made to look like grass; artificial turf.
- (uncountable, with "the", sports) The sport of racing horses.
- (countable) A block of peat used as fuel.
verb
- cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
- (business) To cancel a project or product.
- To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
- (business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
- (medical slang, transitive) To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.
- (informal, transitive) To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
noun
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- Dung; compost; manure.
- (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
- (uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- Country or territory.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
- (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
- That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
- A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
verb
- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- To make invalid, to ruin.
- (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
- To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.
noun
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
- a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- an area of knowledge or interest
- A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
- A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
- A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
- (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
- (Australia) One of three of Australia's federal entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
- A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
- (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
- An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
- A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
- (Canada) One of three of Canada's federal entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
noun
- A region or territory under such rule.
- The legal tenure involved.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.
- (international law) Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate.
- housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned
- one of the dwelling units in a condominium
noun
- A similar court of law in various other countries and jurisdictions.
- In England and Wales, a lower court of law that deals with less serious offences, as well as initial hearings for serious offences prior to referring these to the Crown Court. Cases are heard by two or three magistrates, or sometimes a district judge, without a jury.
noun
- A territory under the rule of another country.
- a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
- The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- (linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
- Something that is owned.
- (sports) A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
- An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
- The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
- A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
- (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
- the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
- being controlled by passion or the supernatural
- anything owned or possessed
- the act of having and controlling property
- a mania restricted to one thing or idea
noun
- A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
- A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
- (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
- (genetics) A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
- A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
- A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
- (grammar) A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".
- any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
- man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- a person who follows or serves another
verb
adj
noun
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
verb
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
noun
- Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
- A sovereign country as a member of a larger organization.
- A land of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which there are four: the Netherlands proper (comprising its twelve European provinces and the three BES Islands of the Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) and the three Caribbean island countries of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.
- An administrative division of the United Kingdom: one of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
noun
- An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
- An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
- (geology) A major region defined by common geologic attributes and history.
- (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
- (Christianity) An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
- (historical, Ancient Rome, Roman Empire) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect.
- (in the plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its national capital.
- the proper sphere or extent of your activities
noun
- A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
- (multiplicity slang) A headmate who primarily fronts, or otherwise protects the system, in situations where the system is at risk of psychological harm.
- Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
- (UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
- One who prevents interference.
- A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
- (Roman Catholicism) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
- a person who cares for persons or property
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- a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
- (international politics) A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.
- (historical) A feudal landowner to whom vassals were forced to pledge allegiance.
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- (law) The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.
- (politics) The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.
- (sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
- The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
- (politics) The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.
- (philosophy) The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.
- (philosophy) The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective.
- (ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
- the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time
- the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements
- a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
noun
- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
- a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
- a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
- a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
- (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
- A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
- (India) An apartment complex or neighborhood.
- A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
- (biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
- A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
- A local group of Beaver Scouts.
- A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
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- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
- The status of being a legal dependent; the relationship between a dependent and their provider.
- Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
- A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
- A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
- (computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on.
- (computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
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- (geography) The land ruled by such a government, either together or separately.
- (politics) A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy established in Judea after the death of Herod and the Tetrarchy of Diocletian which ruled the Roman Empire in the years 293-313.
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- To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.
- To make mandatory.
- To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
- (Scotland, especially Christianity) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.
- make mandatory
- assign under a mandate
- assign authority to
noun
- (historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
- (historical) Such a territory.
- (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
- An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.
- (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
- a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
- a document giving an official instruction or command
- the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
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- Of or pertaining to a province.
- Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
- Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
- Constituting a province.
- Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal.
- (extreme degree) backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude.
- characteristic of the provinces or their people
- of or associated with a province
noun
- A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
- (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
- A country bumpkin.
- (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- a country person