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1. (n.) precinct
a district, as of a city, marked out for administrative purposes or for police protection.
2. precinct
Also called precinct house. the police station in such a district.
3. precinct
one of a fixed number of districts, each containing one polling place, into which a city, town, etc., is divided for voting purposes.
4. precinct
Often, precincts. an enclosing boundary or limit.
5. precinct
precincts, the parts or regions immediately surrounding a place; environs.
6. precinct
a walled or otherwise bounded space within which a building or place is situated.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ML praecinctum, n. use of neut. of L praecinctus, ptp. of praecingere to gird about, surround =prae-pre - +cingere to surround)
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| Definition of 'Precinct' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) precinct
a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
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1. (noun) precinct
set a precedent
a division of a city or town, especially one with its own police station
New Orleans' 3rd precinct
2. precinct
a mall or shopping area
a shopping precinct
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| Definition of 'Precinct' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Precinct
the limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state
2. (noun) Precinct
a district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct
3. (noun) Precinct
a parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support
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Sense: (often in plural) the space surrounding a building etc (originally within walls or boundaries)
the cathedral precincts.
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 Afrikaans: distrik |
 Arabic: حدود، تخوم، جوار |
 Bulgarian: околности |
 Brazilian: recinto |
 Czech: areál |
 German: der Bezirk |
 Danish: område; -område |
 Greek: περίβολος |
 Spanish: recinto |
 Estonian: õu, (hoone) ümbrus |
 Farsi: محوطه |
 Finnish: alue |
 French: enceinte |
 Hebrew: מִתחָם |
 Hindi: हाता, आहाता, परिवेश |
 Croatian: ograđen prostor |
 Hungarian: (bekerített) terület (épü |
 Indonesian: lingkungan |
 Icelandic: lóð, afmarkað svæði |
 Italian: recinto |
 Japanese: 構内 |
 Korean: 경내 |
 Lithuanian: teritorija |
 Latvian: (iestādes) iežogota/notei |
 Malay: kawasan |
 Dutch: terrein |
 Norwegian: område, strøk |
 Polish: teren |
 Persian: محوطه |
 Pashto: سيمه |
 Portuguese: recinto |
 Romanian: teren (îngrădit) |
 Russian: территория вокруг здания |
 Slovak: areál |
 Slovenian: ograjen prostor |
 Serbian: gradski kvart |
 Swedish: [inhägnat] område |
 Thai: บริเวณ |
 Turkish: bina alanı, avlusu |
 Taiwanese: 地界 |
 Ukrainian: обгороджена територія, що |
 Urdu: احاطہ |
 Vietnamese: khu vực có tường bao quan |
 Chinese: 地界 |
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