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The correct spelling is zoning.
How to pronounce zoning
verb
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The correct spelling is zoning. To divide into or assign sections or areas. For example: "Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group."
Usage Examples
“Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.”
“This area was zoned for industrial use.”
“Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To divide into or assign sections or areas.
- 2.To define the property use classification of an area.
- 3.To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.
- 4.To girdle or encircle.
noun
- 1.Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.
- 2.The use of zones, such as fare zones.
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