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the area that surrounds a building or place, especially one with a wall around it: A tunnel entrance was found within the precincts of the prison camp. A river separates the hotel from the cathedral precinct. Please walk quietly in these sacred precincts.
the area that surrounds a building or place, especially one with a wall around it: A tunnel entrance was found within the precincts of the prison camp. A river separates the hotel from the cathedral precinct. Please walk quietly in these sacred precincts.
: a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district: such as. a. : a subdivision of a county, town, city, or ward for election purposes. b. : a division of a city for police control. 2. a. : an enclosure bounded by the walls of a building often used in plural. b.
Precinct definition: a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.. See examples of PRECINCT used in a sentence.
1. countable noun. A shopping precinct is an area in the centre of a town in which cars are not allowed. [British] The Centre was a pedestrian precinct with a bandstand in the middle. 2. countable noun. A precinct is a part of a city which has its own police force and fire service. [US] The shooting occurred in the 34th Precinct. 3. plural noun.
Definition of precinct noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. a. an enclosed area or building marked by a fixed boundary such as a wall. b. such a boundary. 2. (Human Geography) an area in a town, often closed to traffic, that is designed or reserved for a particular purpose: a shopping precinct; pedestrian precinct. 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
PRECINCT definition: 1. an area in a town where there are shops and no cars are allowed 2. an area in a city that a…. Learn more.
precincts, the parts or regions immediately surrounding a place; environs: the precincts of a town. Chiefly British . the ground immediately surrounding a church, temple, or the like.
A precinct is an area of town marked off for official purposes, often to vote, or to organize the police force. When a cop hears of a crime that's happening in her precinct, she knows to hop in her car and head over there.
