District - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈdɪstrɪkt|  American pronunciation of the word district
Brit.  |ˈdɪstrɪkt|  British pronunciation of the word district

noun

- a region marked off for administrative or other purposes (syn: dominion, territory)

verb

- regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns (syn: zone)

Extra examples

Six police officers are in charge of the district.

She represents the eighth congressional district.

The territory was districted for legislative purposes.

An arbitrary number has been assigned to each district.

The case is being prosecuted by the assistant district attorney.

...he continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager...

The district encompasses most of the downtown area.

...a bombastic speech intended to impress the voters in her congressional district...

...one of several inns in the Lake District offering bonny accommodations and bountiful breakfasts...

...the district is infamous for its brothels and drug dealers...

...a cagey old politician who is exceptionally skilled at getting federal money for his district...

...the commandant of a naval district...

...the county and the school district are conterminous...

...the living room couch was my doss for the weekend I spent at my friend's Lake District cottage...

...a gladsome group of carolers strolling through the city's historic district...

Word forms

noun
singular: district
plural: districts
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