zone

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See also Zone, zoné, zône, and żonę

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zōnē, “girdle, belt”)

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

zone (plural zones)

  1. (geography, now rare) Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vi:
      To avoid which, we will take any pains [...]; we will dive to the bottom of the sea, to the bowels of the earth, five, six, seven, eight, nine hundred fathom deep, through all five zones, and both extremes of heat and cold [...].
  2. Any given region or area of the world.
  3. A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.
    There is a no-smoking zone that extends 25 feet outside of each entrance.
    The white zone is for loading and unloading only.
  4. (baseball) Short for the strike zone.
    That pitch was low and away, just outside of the zone.
  5. (chiefly sports) A high performance phase or period.
    I just got in a zone late in the game, everything was going in.
  6. (networking) That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.
  7. (Apple computing) A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk.
  8. (now literary) A belt or girdle.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
      There was the Donna Julia, whom to call / Pretty were but to give a feeble notion / Of many charms in her as natural / As sweetness to the flower, or salt to ocean, / Her zone to Venus, or his bow to Cupid / (But this last simile is trite and stupid).
    • [1]
      In putting on the zone or belt, worn by both bishops and priests, he says: "Blessed is God, Who girded me with power, and hath made my path blameless..." (Ps. 47:32-33). The zone denotes the priest's readiness to serve the Lord and is also a sign that he is bound to Christ.
  9. (geometry) The frustum of a sphere.

Synonyms [edit]

  • (area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic etc): area, belt, district, region, section, sector, sphere, territory
  • (baseball: strike zone):
  • (high performance phase or period):
  • (networking: that collection of a domain's DNS resource records):
  • (computing: logical group of network devices on AppleTalk):
  • (religion: belt worn by priests in the Greek Orthodox church):

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from the zone (noun)

Translations [edit]

area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic etc
baseball: strike zone
high performance phase or period
networking: that collection of a domain's DNS resource records that are not delegated to another authority
computing: logical group of network devices on AppleTalk
religion: belt worn by priests in the Greek Orthodox church
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Verb [edit]

zone (third-person singular simple present zones, present participle zoning, simple past and past participle zoned)

  1. To divide into or assign sections or areas.
    Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.
  2. To define the property use classification of an area.
    This area was zoned for industrial use.
  3. To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.
    I must have zoned while he was giving us the directions.
    Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)
  4. To girdle or encircle.

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Translations [edit]

to divide or assign areas
to define property use classification
to temporarily enter a daydream state

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Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zōnē, “girdle, belt”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /soːnɘ/, [ˈsoːnɘ]
  • Homophone: sone

Noun [edit]

zone c (singular definite zonen, plural indefinite zoner)

  1. zone

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Terms derived from "zone"

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of zone
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative zone zonen zoner zonerne
genitive zones zonens zoners zonernes

Dutch [edit]

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Noun [edit]

zone f (plural zones, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  1. zone

French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

zone f (plural zones)

  1. zone

Verb [edit]

zone

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zoner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of zoner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of zoner
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of zoner
  5. second-person singular imperative of zoner

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Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

zone f

  1. Plural form of zona

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Portuguese [edit]

Verb [edit]

zone

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of zonar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of zonar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of zonar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of zonar

Romanian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈzo.ne]

Noun [edit]

zone f pl

  1. Plural form of zonă
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