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 Definitions of zone  [ʊn]  

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Definition of 'zone' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) zone
an area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which distinctive circumstances exist or are established.

2.  zone
any of five great divisions of the earth's surface, bounded by lines parallel to the equator and named according to the prevailing temperature.

3.  zone
an area characterized by a particular set of organisms whose presence is determined by environmental conditions, as an altitudinal belt on a mountain.

4.  zone
a specific district, area, etc., within which a uniform charge is made for transportation or other service.

5.  zone
an area or district in a city or town under special restrictions as to the type of buildings that may be erected.

6.  zone
any of the numbered districts into which a U.S. city or metropolitan area was formerly divided for expediting mail delivery.

7.  zone
a particular portion of a football field or other playing area:
defensive zone.

8.  zone
Archaic. a girdle or belt; cincture.

9. (v.t.) zone
to divide into zones.

10.  zone
to divide (a city or town) into zones in order to enforce building restrictions.

11.  zone
to mark with zones or bands.

12.  zone
to encircle or surround with a zone.

13. (v.i.) zone
to be formed into zones.

14.  zone
zone out,

Etymology:  (1490–1500; < L zōna belt, girdle < Gk zṒnē)

Definition of 'zone' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) zone
a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features

2. (noun) zone, geographical zone
any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude

3. (noun) zone
an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

4. (verb) zone, zona
(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

5. (verb) zone, district
regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

6. (verb) partition, zone
separate or apportion into sections
"partition a room off"


Definition of 'zone' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) zone
an area in which a particular activity happens
a war zone


Definition of 'zone' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) zone
a girdle; a cincture

2. (noun) zone
one of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature

3. (noun) zone
the portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis

4. (noun) zone
a band or stripe extending around a body

5. (noun) zone
a band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth

6. (noun) zone
a series of planes having mutually parallel intersections

7. (noun) zone
circuit; circumference

8. (verb) zone
to girdle; to encircle


Definitions of 'zone' The Roycroft Dictionary 

zone
The region immediately surrounding a Limburger Cheese.


Translation of 'zone' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an area or region, usually of a country, town etc, especially one marked off for a special purpose
a no-parking zone; a traffic-free zone.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sone Arabic flag Arabic: مِنْطَقَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: зона
Brazilian flag Brazilian: zona Czech flag Czech: zóna German flag German: die Zone
Danish flag Danish: område; -område; zone; -z Greek flag Greek: ζώνη, περιοχή Spanish flag Spanish: zona
Estonian flag Estonian: tsoon Farsi flag Farsi: منطقه Finnish flag Finnish: alue
French flag French: zone Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֵיזוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: मण्डल, क्षेत्र
Croatian flag Croatian: zona Hungarian flag Hungarian: övezet Indonesian flag Indonesian: zona
Icelandic flag Icelandic: svæði Italian flag Italian: zona Japanese flag Japanese: 地帯
Korean flag Korean: 지역 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: zona, rajonas Latvian flag Latvian: zona; rajons; teritorija
Malay flag Malay: zon Dutch flag Dutch: zone Norwegian flag Norwegian: område, sone
Polish flag Polish: strefa Persian flag Persian: منطقه Pashto flag Pashto: سيمه: ملاوستنى (كمر بند):
Portuguese flag Portuguese: zona Romanian flag Romanian: zonă Russian flag Russian: зона
Slovak flag Slovak: zóna Slovenian flag Slovenian: cona Serbian flag Serbian: zona
Swedish flag Swedish: zon Thai flag Thai: พื้นที่ Turkish flag Turkish: bölge
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 地區 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зона, район Urdu flag Urdu: کوئی خطّہ جسے کسی خاص مقص
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vùng; khu Chinese flag Chinese: 地区

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