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district

noun · verb US /ˈdɪstrɪkt/

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,960 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 44,558 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes also: territory, territorial dominion, dominion

verb

  1. regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns also: zone

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

district in real books

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  • But what are you doing in the shopping district?

    The Eternal Feminine · Carolyn Wells · Chapter 2

  • A Greek convent in a bleak district near the sea Belozero.

    Demetrius: A Play · Friedrich Schiller · Chapter 2

  • Few pairs of boots in his district had not been in his hands once and again.

    Where Love Is There God Is Also · Leo, graf Tolstoy · Chapter 1

  • The enrolling officer of Salisbury district, Maryland, was very active and thorough in the performance of his duty.

    The American Joe Miller · Robert [Compiler] Kempt · Chapter 2

  • The surrounding district held all the requirements of one, but they did not happen to be placed near enough to one another.

    'Lizbeth of the Dale · Mary Esther Miller MacGregor · Chapter 2

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