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ZONING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("zoning" is a kind of...):
division; partition; partitioning; sectionalisation; sectionalization; segmentation (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)
Holonyms ("zoning" is a member of...):
city planning; town planning; urban planning (determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb zone
