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ALL meanings of precinct

pre·cinct
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  • noun precinct police district 1
  • noun precinct police station 1
  • noun precinct election district 1
  • noun precinct a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection. 1
  • noun precinct Also called precinct house. the police station in such a district. 1
  • noun precinct Also called election district. one of a fixed number of districts, each containing one polling place, into which a city, town, etc., is divided for voting purposes. 1
  • noun precinct a space or place of definite or understood limits. 1
  • noun precinct Often, precincts. an enclosing boundary or limit. 1
  • noun precinct precincts, the parts or regions immediately surrounding a place; environs: the precincts of a town. 1
  • noun precinct Chiefly British. the ground immediately surrounding a church, temple, or the like. 1
  • noun precinct a walled or otherwise bounded or limited space within which a building or place is situated. 1
  • countable noun precinct A shopping precinct is an area in the centre of a town in which cars are not allowed. 0
  • countable noun precinct A precinct is a part of a city which has its own police force and fire service. 0
  • noun plural precinct The precincts of an institution are its buildings and land. 0
  • noun precinct an enclosed area or building marked by a fixed boundary such as a wall 0
  • noun precinct such a boundary 0
  • noun precinct an area in a town, often closed to traffic, that is designed or reserved for a particular purpose 0
  • noun precinct a district of a city for administrative or police purposes 0
  • noun precinct the police responsible for such a district 0
  • noun precinct a polling or electoral district 0
  • noun precinct an enclosure between buildings, walls, etc. 0
  • noun precinct the grounds immediately surrounding a religious house or church 0
  • noun precinct environs; a neighborhood 0
  • noun precinct a division of a city, as for police administration 0
  • noun precinct a subdivision of a ward, as for voting purposes 0
  • noun precinct an area in a town closed to motor traffic, as for shopping 0
  • noun precinct any limited area, as of thought 0
  • noun precinct a boundary 0
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