district
/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/noun, verb2 syllables
District means: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes.
Synonyms for district4
What does district mean?2
noun
1
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
verb
1
regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
District in a sentence
- Each commission has representatives at the zonal, provincial and district levels.Cangarejo
- The city's forgotten district was filled with lumpen taverns, pawnshops, and gambling dens.rul
- The power plant supplies the remote district with electricity.Dejo
- The legend has come down in this district from olden times.unknown
- Local party members are trying to gerrymander the district.unknown
- The old custom is still kept up in that district.unknown
- That district is no longer a safe place to live in.CK
- The district attorney indicted him for theft and murder.unknown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of district
as a noun
- plural
- districts
as a verb
- third-person singular
- districts
- present participle
- districting
- past participle
- districted
- past tense
- districted