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district
/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
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What does district mean?
noun
- An administrative division of an area.
- An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
- An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
More meanings (6)
noun
- A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.
verb
- To divide into administrative or other districts.
proper noun
- (informal) The District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.
- Any of numerous governmental districts.
- The District Line of the London Underground, originally known as the District Railway.
adjective
- (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
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The next day he returned to the district town, and there he overheard in the street Maria Semenovna’s talk with the schoolmaster.
For example, in one precinct in Detroit forty more votes were counted against our amendment than there were voters in the district.
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As much wealth was gained by the pursuit of the revived iron manufacture in Sussex, iron-mills rapidly extended over the ore-yielding district.
We approached it by degrees, and got, in due time, to the inn in the Whitechapel district, for which we were bound.
He puzzled and irritated his district managers by overemphasizing details when they wanted decisions or policies or help in handling sales emergencies.