Zone - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |zəʊn|  American pronunciation of the word zone
Brit.  |zəʊn|  British pronunciation of the word zone

noun

- a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
- any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
- an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
- (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure (syn: zona)

verb

- regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns (syn: district)
- separate or apportion into sections (syn: partition)

Extra examples

...at that point we were out of the danger zone for avalanches...

The town council voted to zone the area for industrial use.

They zoned the area as residential.

The land is currently zoned for residential use.

The land is zoned for industrial use.

He caught the ball in the corner of the end zone.

He did a celebration dance in the end zone after scoring the touchdown.

...army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone...

...she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone...

The reporter sent many dispatches from the war zone.

After he scored a touchdown he spiked the ball in the end zone.

The clock automatically readjusts when you enter a new time zone.

We are out of the relegation zone now.

If they stayed in the war zone they would face certain death.

The city is in an earthquake zone.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: zone
he/she/it: zones
present participle: zoning
past tense: zoned
past participle: zoned
noun
singular: zone
plural: zones
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