- an area or a region with a particular feature or use
- a war/combat/demilitarized/exclusion zone
- a danger zone
- a pedestrian zone (= where vehicles may not go)
- They have called for a 100-mile buffer zone (= protected area) around the island to protect the seals.
- an earthquake zone
Extra Examples- Europe is divided into economic zones.
- Most of the old town is a traffic-free zone.
- Our truck was trapped in the kill zone.
- She stood some distance away from him to maintain a safety zone.
- The internet has become a free-fire zone for conspiracy theories.
- The area has been declared a closed military zone.
- The rebels control the southern border zone.
- The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.
- This area behind the station is a no-go zone for tourists.
- an industrial zone of factories, warehouses and shipyards
- an oxygen-depleted dead zone at the bottom of the sea
- the neutral zone between the two countries
- Half a million people were made homeless throughout the earthquake zone.
- The agreement provided for a security zone of 80km on both sides of the border.
- The main part of the city centre is a pedestrian zone.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- narrow
- wide
- marginal
- …
- control
- patrol
- create
- …
- in a/the zone
- within a/the zone
- into a/the zone
- …
- one of the areas that a larger area is divided into for the purpose of organization
- postal charges to countries in zone 2
Extra Examples- All countries in zones 1 and 2 have free incoming calls.
- The ticket may be used on any bus in zone 2.
- an area or a part of an object, especially one that is different from everything that is around it
- When the needle enters the red zone the engine is too hot.
- the erogenous zones of the body
- one of the parts that the earth’s surface is divided into by imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator
- the northern/southern temperate zone
Extra Examples- This species is found widely distributed throughout the northern temperate zone.
- the alpine and arid zones of Australia
- The plant grows only in the temperate zone.
- the temperate and tropical zones of South America
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- narrow
- wide
- marginal
- …
- control
- patrol
- create
- …
- in a/the zone
- within a/the zone
- into a/the zone
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin zona ‘girdle’, from Greek zōnē.
Idioms
See zone in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee zone in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishin the zone
- (informal) in a state in which you feel confident and are performing at your best
- When I'm in the zone, writing is the most satisfying thing in the world.
a/the twilight world (of something) | the twilight zone
- a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things
- the twilight world of the occult
- The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings.
- the twilight zone between living and merely existing
- They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society.
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