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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
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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zone
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + 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.
verbs
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.
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