transcription, транскрипция: [ zoʊn ]
( zones, zoning, zoned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A zone is an area that has particular features or characteristics.
Many people have stayed behind in the potential war zone...
The area has been declared a disaster zone.
...time zones.
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2.
If an area of land is zoned , it is formally set aside for a particular purpose.
The land was not zoned for commercial purposes...
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
• zon‧ing
...the use of zoning to preserve agricultural land...
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