precinct

precinct: noun

1 (BrE) commercial area where cars cannot go

ADJECTIVE

▪ shopping

▪ the £1.3-million redevelopment of the shopping precinct

▪ pedestrian

▪ town-centre

2 (AmE) police district; a police station

ADJECTIVE

▪ police

▪ He was handcuffed and taken down to the police precinct.

▪ 17th, 102nd, etc.

▪ local

▪ I went down to my local precinct to make a report.

PRECINCT + NOUN

▪ house

▪ He wrote yesterday from a police precinct house in New Orleans.

▪ commander

▪ The former Queens precinct commander has slashed crime.

3 (AmE) part of a town or city for elections

ADJECTIVE

▪ key, targeted

▪ Campaigners walked door-to-door in targeted precincts.

▪ Democratic, Republican

▪ African-American, Hispanic, etc.

VERB + PRECINCT

▪ walk

▪ Did you walk your precinct on the day of the vote?

▪ target

▪ Republicans have targeted precincts throughout the country.

PRECINCT + NOUN

▪ caucus

▪ A number of issues will be discussed at the precinct caucus.

▪ captain, chairman, committeeman

▪ The precinct captains were able to round up 6 000 volunteers.

▪ returns

▪ The precinct returns show that the support received by both men was remarkable.

PREPOSITION

▪ in precinct

▪ You can register to vote in your precinct by showing proof of residence.

PHRASES

▪ the precinct level

▪ We're literally organizing leadership down to the precinct level.

4 area around a building

ADJECTIVE

▪ sacred

▪ the sacred precinct of Apollo

▪ inner, outer

▪ abbey, castle, palace, shrine, temple, etc.

VERB + PRECINCT

▪ enter

▪ It was forbidden to enter the temple precincts.

PREPOSITION

▪ in precinct

▪ The event was held in the precincts of the parish church.

▪ within precinct

▪ He took up residence in chambers within the precinct of a monastery.

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Synonyms:

Limit, confine, bound, boundary, terminus, term, list, border, frontier, march, purlieu, environs / District, territorial division

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precinct — pre‧cinct [ˈpriːsɪŋkt] noun [countable] 1. an area of a city with many different shops, where cars are not allowed: • The hotel is within five minutes of the main shopping precinct. 2. an area in a city with its own local government, police force … Financial and business terms
Precinct — Pre cinct (?; 277), n. [LL. praecinctum, fr. L. praecingere, praecinctum, to gird about, to encompass; prae before + cingere to gird, surround. See {Pre }, and {Cincture}.] 1. The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
precinct — index bailiwick, circuit, close (enclosed area), department, district, province, region, territory Burton s … Law dictionary
precinct — (n.) c.1400, district defined for purposes of government or representation, from M.L. precinctum enclosure, boundary line, properly neuter pp. of L. praecingere to gird about, surround, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + cingere to surround … Etymology dictionary
precinct — [n] subdivision area, community, department, development, district, division, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, tract, ward, zone; concepts 513,835 … New thesaurus
precinct — ► NOUN 1) the area within the walls or boundaries of a place. 2) an enclosed or defined area of ground around a cathedral, church, or college. 3) Brit. a specially designated area in a town, especially one closed to traffic. 4) N. Amer. a… … English terms dictionary
precinct — [prē′siŋkt] n. [ME precincte < ML praecinctum < L praecinctus, pp. of praecingere, to encompass < prae , before (see PRE ) + cingere, to surround, gird (see CINCH)] 1. a) [usually pl.] an enclosure between buildings, walls, etc. b)… … English World dictionary
Precinct — A precinct is a space enclosed by the walls or other boundaries of a particular place or building, or by an arbitrary and imaginary line drawn around it. The term has several different uses. It can, for example, refer to a division of a police… … Wikipedia
precinct — [[t]pri͟ːsɪŋkt[/t]] precincts 1) N COUNT A shopping precinct is an area in the centre of a town in which cars are not allowed. [BRIT] The Centre was a pedestrian precinct with a bandstand in the middle. Syn: shopping centre 2) N COUNT: usu ord N… … English dictionary
precinct — UK [ˈpriːˌsɪŋkt] / US [ˈprɪˌsɪŋkt] noun [countable] Word forms precinct : singular precinct plural precincts 1) British a part of a town that has a particular use, especially an area where no cars are allowed a shopping precinct 2) precincts… … English dictionary

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