zone
(Informal)
[noun]
Synonyms: area, belt, district, region, section, sector, sphere

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Related Words: section, sector, segment

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English Thesaurus: area, region, zone, district, the business/financial/theatre etc district, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. zone¹ W3 /zəʊn $ zoʊn/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: zona 'belt, zone', from Greek zone]

1. a large area that is different from other areas around it in some way:
San Francisco and Tokyo are both located in earthquake zones.
The government has set up a special economic zone to promote private enterprise.

2. in the zone informal having all your attention on what you are doing, especially playing a sport, and doing it well:
When I’m in the zone, every shot seems easy.
⇒ buffer zone at buffer¹(3), ⇒ no-fly zone, time zone

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. zone² verb
[transitive usually passive] American English if an area of land is zoned, it is officially kept separate from other land so that it can be used for a particular purpose:
The land is currently zoned for residential use.
zone out phrasal verb informal
to stop paying attention because you are bored or tired, or because you have taken drugs:
What? Oh, sorry – I was just zoning out there for a minute.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

zone
noun
ADJ. broad, narrow | marginal, peripheral, transition/transitional, twilight a transition zone between tropical and arid vegetations the twilight zone between living and merely existing
border, frontier | neutral | battle, combat, military, war | buffer, demilitarized, exclusion, no-fly, no-go This area behind the station is a no-go zone for tourists.
occupation, occupied, security | autonomous | danger | emergency | disaster The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.
safe | safety She stood some distance away from him to maintain a safety zone.
nuclear-free, smoke-free, traffic-free, weapons-free Most of the town centre is a traffic-free zone.
earthquake, fault, seismic | climatic, geographical | alpine, arid, coastal, temperate the alpine and arid zones of Australia
economic, enterprise, fishing, free-trade, industrial an industrial zone of factories, warehouses and shipyards
euro-(also eurozone) | northern, southern, etc. | pedestrian | time | erogenous | relegation The team finds itself in the relegation zone after a run of poor results.
VERB + ZONE control The rebels control the southern border zone.
create, declare sth, establish, impose, set up The area has been declared a closed military zone.
enforce Fighter planes are being sent to enforce the UN no-fly zone.
violate An enemy plane was shot down after it violated the exclusion zone.
cross into, enter We were crossing into a new time zone.
leave Aid workers were advised to leave the danger zone.
divide sth into Europe is divided into economic zones.
ZONE + NOUN boundary
PREP. in a/the ~ The plant grows only in the temperate zone.
into a/the We had accidentally strayed into the war zone.
out of a/the ~, within a/the ~ Companies within enterprise zones are given special help.
~ between the neutral zone between the two countries

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

zone

danger zone
Civilians were told to leave the danger zone.
a war/battle/combat zone
Planes were diverted to avoid flying over the war zone.
an earthquake zone (=where earthquakes are quite likely to happen)
It’s not advisable to build nuclear reactors in an earthquake zone.
a disaster zone
The damage is so serious that the government has declared the city a disaster zone.
an economic zone (=an area with special trade or tax conditions)
The area has been made a special economic zone.
an enterprise zone (=where businesses are encouraged)
Small businesses predominated in the enterprise zone.
a no-parking zone
You can’t leave your car here – it’s a no-parking zone.
a pedestrian zone (=where no vehicles are allowed)
The main part of the city centre is a pedestrian zone.
a 20 mph/30 mph etc zone (=where vehicles’ speed is limited to 20 mph, 30 mph etc)
He was doing 42 mph in a 30 mph zone.
a demilitarized zone (=where soldiers and military activities are not allowed)
The demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait was created after the first Gulf war.
a no-fly zone (=an area that aircraft are not allowed to fly in)
the no-fly zone over Iraq
a nuclear-free/smoke-free etc zone (=where nuclear weapons, smoking etc is not allowed)
The county council offices are a smoke-free zone.
set up/establish/create a zone
The government intends to set up an enterprise zone in the region.
enter a zone
He didn’t see the sign saying he’d entered a 20 mph zone.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

area a part of a town or country, or of the world:
They live in a very wealthy area.
coastal areas
region a large area of a country or the world:
the northwest region of Russia
desert regions
zone an area that is different from other areas around it in some way:
a war zone
a no-parking zone
We crossed two different time zonesareas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.
district one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens:
the Chelsea district of Manhattan
⇒ the business/financial/theatre etc district:
the financial district of London
neighbourhood British English
, neighborhood American English /ˈneɪbəhʊd $ -ər-/ an area of a town where people live:
a friendly neighbourhood
There are lots of trees in our neighborhood.
suburb an area outside the centre of a city, where people live:
a suburb of Boston
quarter an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live:
the French quarter of New Orleans
slum an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live:
He grew up in the slums of East London.
ghetto an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live:
a black baby born in the ghetto

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