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District ˈdɪstrɪkt City Financial Business Noun Bre London’s

Word district
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈdɪstrɪkt / NAmE / ˈdɪstrɪkt /
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  • the city of london’s financial district
  • a tax/postal district
  • a school district
  • congressional districts
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district

(noun)BrE / ˈdɪstrɪkt / NAmE / ˈdɪstrɪkt /
  1. an area of a country or town, especially one that has particular features
    • the City of London’s financial district
  2. one of the areas which a country, town or state is divided into for purposes of organization, with official boundaries (= borders)
    • see also congressional district
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/congressional-district
    • a tax/postal district
    • a school district
    • congressional districts
    • district councils

    Extra Examples

    • Clinton barely won the district in 1996.
    • Every city has its central business district.
    • Fire crews from all the surrounding districts helped to fight the fires in the city.
    • He has been transferred to a hospital in a different health district.
    • He hasn’t yet registered to vote in his home district.
    • He represented his district in Congress.
    • It’s a heavily Democratic district.
    • Redrawing district boundaries would change the election results.
    • The apartment is approximately fifteen minutes from the downtown district.
    • The district includes much of the Ribault River.
    • The hospital is only responsible for patients within its own district.
    • The hotel is located within Beijing’s business district.
    • Their district stretches from the mountains to the sea.
    • Their district stretches nearly 150 miles, from the mountains to the sea.
    • They redrew districts to make sure Republican candidates would win.
    • Times Square is the entertainment district of New York.
    • a federal district court in New York
    • a new railway station to help people commuting from outlying districts
    • efforts to create a single business district in downtown Beijing
    • the district health authority
    • the shacks in the poorest districts of the city
    • Delivery is free within the London postal district.
    • The district council granted planning permission for ten new houses.
    • The financial district of London is usually referred to as ‘the City’.
    • The house was like all the others in this exclusive residential district.

    Word Origin

    • early 17th cent. (denoting the territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord): from French, from medieval Latin districtus ‘(territory of) jurisdiction’, from Latin distringere ‘draw apart’.
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