zone

zone

Étendue ayant un usage, une caractéristique ou une règle particulière.

En anglais simple : An area with a particular use, feature, or rule.

• This is a parking zone.
• Cars are banned from the pedestrian zone.
• We crossed into a different time zone.

Synonymes : area, district, region

Expressions courantes : industrial zone, pedestrian zone, time zone

zone, domaine

Ensemble de situations, d’expériences ou d’idées ayant des caractéristiques ou des limites communes.

En anglais simple : A particular range of situations, experiences, or ideas with shared limits or features.

• This topic takes me outside my comfort zone.
• Their argument had entered a danger zone.
• Her questions pushed the discussion into an unfamiliar zone.

Synonymes : area, sphere

Expressions courantes : comfort zone, danger zone, safe zone

état de flow

État où l’on est entièrement concentré et particulièrement performant.

En anglais simple : A state in which you are completely focused and perform especially well.

• I was in the zone today.
• Once he gets in the zone, he writes for hours.
• The team stayed in the zone throughout the final.

Comment l'utiliser : be in the zone (She was in the zone and scored three times.)

Synonymes : flow

Expressions courantes : in the zone, get into the zone

ceinture, bande

Bande de plantes ou d’autres éléments qui se développent autour de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A band of plants or other growth around something.

• A forest zone circles the mountain.
• Above it lies a narrow zone of grasses.
• The map shows several zones of plant growth.

Comment l'utiliser : zone of something (A zone of young trees surrounds the clearing.)

Synonymes : belt, band

Expressions courantes : vegetation zone, forest zone, zone of trees

zoner

Déterminer officiellement les usages autorisés d’un terrain ou d’un bâtiment.

En anglais simple : To officially decide how land or buildings may be used.

• They zoned this land for housing.
• The council has zoned the property as commercial.
• Can this site be zoned for shops?

Comment l'utiliser : zone something for something (The council zoned the land for housing.); zone something as something (They zoned the property as commercial.)

Synonymes : classify, designate

Expressions courantes : zone for housing, zone as residential, zone the land, zone for industry

diviser en zones

Diviser un lieu en plusieurs secteurs destinés à des usages différents.

En anglais simple : To divide a place into separate areas for different purposes.

• Zone the room into separate work areas.
• They zoned the warehouse for different types of goods.
• We zoned off the back section for storage.

Comment l'utiliser : zone something into something (We zoned the hall into separate activity areas.); zone off something (They zoned off a section for equipment.)

Synonymes : divide, partition

Expressions courantes : zone the space, zone an area, zone off something

décrocher, rêvasser

Cesser momentanément de faire attention parce qu’on rêvasse ou qu’on somnole.

En anglais simple : To stop paying attention for a short time and become sleepy or lost in thought.

• I sometimes zone out in meetings.
• She zoned while he explained the directions.
• You look tired; did you zone out again?

Comment l'utiliser : zone out (I zoned out during the long speech.)

Synonymes : daydream, doze off

Expressions courantes : zone out, zone during something