zone | Lernwerd

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1.Any given region or area of the world.
2.A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.
- The white zone is for loading and unloading only.
- There is a no-smoking zone that extends 25 feet outside of each entrance.
- Files in the Internet zone are blocked by default, as a security measure.
3.A restricted category or virtual place.
- The discussion was veering off into a danger zone.
4.A band or area of growth encircling anything.
- Some of the lagoons, said to have subterranean outlets, have no visible ones; the inclosing island, in such cases, being a complete zone of emerald.

1.To divide into or assign to sections or areas.
- Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.
- The high-level process is to shut down the server, unzone the server from Generation 2, zone the server to Gen3, and then define and activate the data-migration (DM) volumes between the Generation 2 and Gen3.
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.(slang)
- I must have zoned while he was giving us the directions.
- Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. # (transitive, archaic, poetic) To girdle or encircle.
4.To assign to a restricted category.
- We've zoned each other as friends; we'll never be anything more.

Common· #1863

From Latin zōna

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).