precinct

pre·cinct  (prsngkt)

n.

1.

a. A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.

b. The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.

2. An election district of a city or town.

3.

a. A place or enclosure marked off by definite limits, such as walls. Often used in the plural: the mysterious precincts of the old monastery.

b. A boundary: Hunting is not allowed within the precincts of the estate.

4. precincts The neighborhood or surrounding area; the environs.

5. An area of thought or action; a province or domain. Often used in the plural: "It was in these spacious precincts that Dryden's imagination was most at home" Mark Van Doren.

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[Middle English precincte, a defined district or area, from Medieval Latin praecnctum, from Latin, neuter past participle of praecingere, to encircle : prae-, pre- + cingere, to gird; see kenk- in Indo-European roots.]

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precinct

Noun

1. Brit, Austral & S African an area in a town closed to traffic: a shopping precinct

2. Brit, Austral & S African an enclosed area around a building

3. US an administrative area of a city [Latin praecingere to surround]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

precinct - a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes city district - a district of a town or city police precinct - a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force election district, voting precinct - one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place

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precinct

noun 1. area, quarter, section, sector, district, zone

plural noun 2. district, limits, region, borders, bounds, boundaries, confines, neighbourhood, milieu, surrounding area, environs, purlieus

Translations

precinct [ˈpriːsɪŋkt] n → recinto;

(US) (= district); distrito, barrio;

precincts npl → recinto;

pedestrian precinct (BRIT) → zona peatonal;

shopping precinct (BRIT) → centro comercial

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precinct [ˈpriːsɪŋkt] n (round cathedral) → pourtour m, enceinte f;

(US) (= district); circonscription f, arrondissement m;

precincts npl (= neighbourhood) → alentours mpl, environs mpl;

pedestrian precinct (Brit) → zone piétonnière;

shopping precinct (Brit) → centre commercial

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precinct [ˈpriːsɪŋkt] n (US) (= part of city); Bezirk m;

precincts npl [of cathedral, palace] → Gelände nt;

shopping precinct (Brit) → Einkaufsviertel nt;

(under cover) → Einkaufscenter nt

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precinct [ˈpriːsɪŋkt] n (= round cathedral) → recinto;

(US) (= district); circoscrizione f;

precincts npl (= neighbourhood) → dintorni mpl; vicinanze fpl;

pedestrian precinct → zona pedonale;

shopping precinct (BRIT) → centro commerciale