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District

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Noun

1. district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

Verb

2. district, zone

regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

District

see synonyms of district
noun
1. 
a. 
an area of land marked off for administrative or other purposes
b. 
(as modifier)
district nurse
2. 
a locality separated by geographical attributes; region
3. 
any subdivision of any territory, region, etc
4. 
(in England from 1974 and in Wales 1974–96) any of the subdivisions of the nonmetropolitan counties that elects a council responsible for local planning, housing, rates, etc
See also metropolitan district
5. 
(in Scotland until 1975) a landward division of a county
6. 
(in Scotland 1975–96) any of the subdivisions of the regions that elected a council responsible for environmental health services, housing, etc
7. 
any of the 26 areas into which Northern Ireland has been divided since 1973. Elected district councils are responsible for environmental health services, etc
verb
8. (transitive)
to divide into districts

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District

see synonyms of district
noun
1. 
a geographical or political division made for a specific purpose
a school district
2. 
any region; part of a country, city, etc.
the business district
verb transitive US
3. 
to divide into districts

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

District

see synonyms of district
n.
1. A division of an area, as for administrative purposes.
2. A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature: went to the lake district for their vacation.
tr.v. dis·trict·ed, dis·trict·ing, dis·tricts
To mark off or divide into districts.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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