zone
verb/zəʊn/
/zəʊn/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they zone | /zəʊn/ /zəʊn/ |
| he / she / it zones | /zəʊnz/ /zəʊnz/ |
| past simple zoned | /zəʊnd/ /zəʊnd/ |
| past participle zoned | /zəʊnd/ /zəʊnd/ |
| -ing form zoning | /ˈzəʊnɪŋ/ /ˈzəʊnɪŋ/ |
- to keep an area of land to be used for a particular purpose
- be zoned (for something) The town centre was zoned for office development.
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- to divide an area of land into smaller areas
- be zoned (into something) The park has been zoned into four distinct areas.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin zona ‘girdle’, from Greek zōnē.
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