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precinct
[pree-singkt]
noun
a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
Synonyms:Also called precinct house.the police station in such a district.
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.
a space or place of definite or understood limits.
Synonyms:Often precincts. an enclosing boundary or limit.
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 walled or otherwise bounded or limited space within which a building or place is situated.
Synonyms:
precinct
/ ˈːɪŋ /
noun
an enclosed area or building marked by a fixed boundary such as a wall
such a boundary
an area in a town, often closed to traffic, that is designed or reserved for a particular purpose
a shopping precinct
pedestrian precinct
a district of a city for administrative or police purposes
the police responsible for such a district
a polling or electoral district
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of precinct1
Example Sentences
They got him into a squad car, but according to the officers Smith continued to resist when they reached the precinct.
The store sits in a bylane in the central Indian city of Mumbai's busy shopping precinct, and has served the community for 75 years.
"It's shocking that something like that can happen in a main shopping precinct in the middle of the day. It's just so sad."
Ninety-two percent of the precincts that went for Trump also voted “Yes” on 36 and for Hochman for district attorney.
Harris still held strongholds in the neighborhood’s two other precincts, which bleed into Beverly Hills and Carthay Square, and tallied a total of 7,321 votes across the five.
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