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Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.
Hernan Cortes

Meaning of "precincts" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRECINCTS

precincts  [ˈpriːsɪŋkts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRECINCTS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Precincts is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRECINCTS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Precinct

A precinct is a space enclosed by the walls or other boundaries of a particular place or building, or by an arbitrary and imaginary line drawn around it. The term is often used to refer to a division of a police department in a large city. New York City uses the term "precinct" for its police stations.

Definition of precincts in the English dictionary

The definition of precincts in the dictionary is the surrounding region or area.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRECINCTS


Acts
ækts
after-effects
ˈɑːftərɪˌfɛkts
analects
ˈænəˌlɛkts
effects
ɪˈfɛkts
prospects
ˈprɒspɛkts
respects
rɪˈspekts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRECINCTS

precinct
precinct captain
precinct police
precinct station
precinct worker
preciosities
preciosity
precious
precious coral
precious metal
precious stone
preciously
preciousness
precipe
precipice
precipiced
precipitability
precipitable
precipitance
precipitancy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRECINCTS

career prospects
core subjects
cts
dairy products
Factory Acts
foundation subjects
light effects
lighting effects
meat products
milk products
Navigation Acts
personal effects
promotion prospects
Pure Land sects
sound effects
special effects
to pay your last respects
waste products
work prospects
zero defects

Synonyms and antonyms of precincts in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRECINCTS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «precincts» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of precincts

Translation of «precincts» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRECINCTS

Find out the translation of precincts to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of precincts from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «precincts» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

专用区
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recintos
570 millions of speakers

English

precincts
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परिसर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدوائر الانتخابية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

участки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

delegacias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিপার্শ্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alentours
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Presint
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gelände
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

境内
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경내
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Precincts
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khu tuyển cử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றாடலில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आवर्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yöre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ambito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obręb
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ділянки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incinte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περίβολο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebiede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

precincts
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forgård
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of precincts

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECINCTS»

The term «precincts» is regularly used and occupies the 55.421 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECINCTS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «precincts» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «precincts» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about precincts

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6 QUOTES WITH «PRECINCTS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word precincts.
1
Carrie Chapman Catt
There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.
2
Leonard Cohen
Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing.
3
Hernan Cortes
Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.
4
Daniel J. Evans
We had a big party that night and everybody went around gathering results from various precincts and each person would get four or five precincts and then come to the house. There were no cell phones or anything to get results phoned in early.
5
Thomas Howard
When I walk into an Orthodox Church... one is immediately aware that one has stepped into the presence of what St. Paul would call the whole family in heaven and earth. You have stepped into the precincts of heaven!
6
Marcy Kaptur
Strong efforts have been made in Ohio to curb the authoritarianism of our Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, as he has purged people from lists in our State in particular precincts where voters are heavily minority.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECINCTS»

Discover the use of precincts in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to precincts and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
City Spaces - Tourist Places
Written by an international team of contributors it provides the reader with: * A comprehensive analysis of foundational theory and cutting-edge advances in the knowledge of the precinct phenomenon * An examination of previously ...
Bruce Hayllar, Tony Griffin, Deborah Edwards, 2010
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Prayers in the Precincts: The Christian Right in the 1998 ...
7. Answered. Prayers. and. Mixed. Blessings: The. Christian. Right. in. Florida. Kenneth D. Wald, Maureen Tartaglione, and Richard K. Scher 1 he election of 1998 may well have marked the final stage in Florida's transition to a one-party ...
John Clifford Green, Mark J. Rozell, Clyde Wilcox, 2000
3
Precincts of Light
Henry Alley. by four, materializing out of an alley, rushed past, showering him with “Faggot, Faggot, Faggot.” Needless to say, Appleton didn't pause to shout back, but got himself up those Overpark stairs, jumping in his DeSoto with no time to ...
Henry Alley, 2010
4
History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties: ...
PRECINCTS. OF. JEFFERSON. COUNTY. l The mill was finally purchased . SEATONVILLE PRECINCT. . The land in this precinct is poor in sections, the country very uneven, hills and ravines predominating. The roads are also very irregular, ...
‎1882
5
Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor
6, 7 Ward 2 ( 7 precincts), . . . . 8, 9 \Vard 3 ( 6 precincts), . . . . 8-11 Ward 4 ( 6 precincts), . . 10-13 VVard 5 ( 6 precincts), . . . . 12-15 Ward 6 ( 5 precincts), . . . 14 , 15 Ward 7 ( 5 precincts), . . . 16, 17 Ward 8 ( 6 precincts), . . . . 16-19 XVard 9 ( 5  ...
Massachusetts. Dept. of Labor and Industries. Division of Statistics, 1893
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The Making of the New Deal Democrats: Voting Behavior and ...
Maps,. Figures,. and. Tables. Maps 1 City of Boston 4 1 2 Downtown Boston and Its Neighborhoods 42 3 Roxbury and Dorchester 43 Figures 2. 1 Vote in Jewish Precincts for Republican Candidate for President, by Class 57 2.2 Republican ...
Gerald H. Gamm, 1989
7
Official Manual of the State of Missouri
1st Dist. is comprisedof the following wards and parts of ward-, viz: All of Wards a, 10 anil 11. Precincts 13. 14 and 13 of Ward 8. Precincts H and 15 of War.) 1L'. 2d Dlst. Is comprised of the following parts of wards, viz: Precincts 1, 2. 3. 4. 5, 6, 7 ...
‎1899
8
Public Documents of Massachusetts
p.p. Ward 21. (12 Precincts) 357 Ward 22. (10 Precincts) 858 Ward 23. (14 Precincts) 858 Ward 24. (16 Precincts) 358 Ward 25. ( 6 Precincts), 359 The City of Boston. (25 Wards; 205 Precincts), ... 359 Classified NCmnen of Pensons to a Room ...
Massachusetts, 1892
9
The City at Stake: Secession, Reform, and the Battle for Los ...
We then tabulated the results of the vote by groups of precincts. The precinct groups were based on (1) location in the San Fernando Valley or the rest of the city of Los Angeles, and (2) four ethnic political constituencies: Jewish precincts,  ...
Raphael J. Sonenshein, 2013
10
World Tourism Cities: Developing Tourism Off the Beaten Track
Precincts such as The Rocks play an important role in the life and the experience of the City for both visitors and residents. As noted elsewhere (Hayllar et al. 2008) , tourism services andattractions, from both supply and demand perspectives, ...
Robert Maitland, Peter Newman, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRECINCTS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term precincts is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Precincts approved
Submitted The map shows the four new voting precincts in different colors. Dotted lines inside show the previous nine precincts and how they ... «Thomaston Times, Jul 15»
2
St. Clair County Board rejects Toenjes Brick Co. permit request
Canteen Township voting precincts: Board members approved the to realignment and consolidation of 13 of the township's voting precincts into ... «Belleville News-Democrat, Jul 15»
3
NYPD reports 6 murders last week
Four of this week's six murders occurred in the ten precincts participating in the “Summer All Out” initiative, which sends officers to problem ... «Capital New York, Jul 15»
4
Profiles of East Portland residents and workers
Zaitz works the 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift, the most intense in the busiest of Portland's police precincts. East Precinct gets the largest number of calls ... «Oroville Mercury Register, Jul 15»
5
Randolph nomination papers available on Monday
District 2: Precincts 7-9. District 3: Precincts 4-6. District 4: Precincts 10-12. Six of the seven school committee seats will also be on the ballot. «Wicked Local Randolph, Jul 15»
6
Government announces railway corridor from Glenfield to Macarthur
NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes released the draft strategy yesterday for the seven station precincts from Glenfield to Macarthur. While the ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
Mail ballots return slowly as in-person, early voting begins Tuesday
... The Salt Lake Tribune) People walk into the recreation hall at the Salt Lake Ensign LDS Church at 109 G Street to vote in precincts SLC033 ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Nov. election limited to contested races
The Shelby County Election Board approved a resolution on Monday that limits the Nov. 3 election to only those precincts with contested races. «Shelbynews, Jul 15»
9
2 Leflore schools remaining as election precincts
GREENWOOD, Miss. — Two Leflore County schools will still be used as voting precincts this year, despite earlier consideration of moving the ... «WRAL.com, Jul 15»
10
Osmeña, Young withdraw recount petition for 473 contested precincts
They said that the recount proceedings for the 119 pilot protested and contested clustered precincts, which is equivalent to 20 percent of the ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»

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