Prov
noun
Prov
1 American
[prov]
/ prɒv /
noun
prov.
2
American
abbreviation
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province.
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provincial.
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provisional.
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provost.
Prov.
3
American
abbreviation
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Provençal.
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Provence.
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Proverbs.
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Province.
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Provost.
Prov.
1
British
abbreviation
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Bible Proverbs
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Province
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Provost
prov.
2
British
abbreviation
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province
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provincial
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provisional
Etymology
Origin of Prov
By shortening from Provo or provisional
Example Sentences
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The largest donor is John Kruger, an Orange County entrepreneur and education reform advocate who has given $500,000 through his Irvine-based Prov.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
In India's Sind Prov ince a 500-rupee ceiling on dowries produced its inevitable economic effect: a black market in bridegrooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Raul Damonte Taborda had charged that Colonel Rottjer, while Interventor in Buenos Aires Prov ince, permitted fraudulent election practices, thereby disgracing the uniform he wore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Driven from Wuchang to Kweilin by Japanese bombers, it now carries on deep in the hills of southern Yunnan Prov ince.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wise Agur was aware of this; in Prov.
From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Cotton Mather
It comprises three provs., the N. or Dutch Brabant; Antwerp, a Belgian prov., inhabitants Flemings, cap.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
Bothnia, a prov. of Sweden, divided into E. and W. by a gulf of the name.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
Brabant, in mediæval times was an important prov. of the Low Countries, inhabitants Dutch, cap.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
Carnatic, an old prov. in the Madras Presidency of India that extended along the Coromandel coast from Cape Comorin, 600 m.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
Milton. pros. prosody. coll., colloq. colloquially. min. mineralogy. prov. provincial. comp. comparative. mod. modern. q.v. which see. conch. conchology.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Of a material return the verb שוב with על is thus used in Prov. xxvi.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
From it is derived יקה pius in Prov. xxx.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
This is that which is said, Prov. iv.
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
"The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," Prov. xxvi, 15.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
Through Daoth are all His palaces filled, as it is written, Prov. xxix, “And in Däath shall the chambers be filled.”
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
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