precinct
noun /ˈpriːsɪŋkt/
/ˈpriːsɪŋkt/
- (British English) a commercial area in a town where cars cannot go
- a pedestrian/shopping precinct
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingc2- I rented a shop in a local precinct.
- the £1.3-million redevelopment of the shopping precinct
- the town's main pedestrian precinct
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- shopping
- pedestrian
- town-centre
- …
- (North American English) one of the parts into which a town or city is divided in order to organize elections
- voters in key precincts
Extra Examples- Campaigners walked door-to-door in targeted precincts.
- Did you walk your precinct on the day of the vote?
- Republicans have targeted precincts throughout the country.
- The precinct returns show that the support received by both men was remarkable.
- We're literally organizing leadership down to the precinct level.
- You can register to vote in your precinct by showing proof of residence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- key
- targeted
- Democratic
- …
- walk
- target
- caucus
- captain
- chairman
- …
- in precinct
- the precinct level
- (North American English) a part of a city that has its own police station; the police station in this area
- Detective Hennessy of the 44th precinct
- The murder occurred just a block from the precinct.
Extra Examples- He was handcuffed and taken down to the police precinct.
- He wrote yesterday from a police precinct house in New Orleans.
- I went down to my local precinct to make a report.
- The former Queens precinct commander has slashed crime.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- police
- 17th
- 102nd
- …
- house
- commander
- [usually plural] (formal) the area around a place or a building, sometimes surrounded by a wall
- the cathedral/college precincts
- within the precincts of the castle
Extra Examples- All this took place within the precincts of Westminster Abbey.
- He took up residence in chambers within the precinct of a monastery.
- It was forbidden to enter the temple precincts.
- The event was held in the precincts of the parish church.
- The school uses many of the splendid medieval buildings in the cathedral precincts.
- They had wandered beyond the precincts of the camp.
- the sacred precinct of Apollo
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sacred
- inner
- outer
- …
- enter
- in precinct
- within precinct
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting an administrative district): from medieval Latin praecinctum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of praecingere ‘encircle’, from prae ‘before’ + cingere ‘gird’.