District

What do we mean by district?

A division of an area, as for administrative purposes. noun

A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature. noun

To mark off or divide into districts. transitive verb

To divide into districts or limited portions of territory: as, in the United States, States are districted for the choice of certain officers; counties or towns are districted for the maintenance of schools, etc.

A limited extent of country marked off for a special purpose, administrative, political, etc.; a circuit or territory within which may be exercised or to which are limited certain rights or powers; any portion of land or country, or any part of a city or town, which is defined by law or agreement. noun

A region in general; a territory within definite or indefinite limits: as, the district of the earth which lies between the tropics, or that which is north of a polar circle; the districts of Russia covered by forest. noun

Synonyms Division, quarter, locality, province, tract. noun

Stringent; rigorous; strict.

A subdivision of an English county with its own elective council charged chiefly with jurisdiction in sanitary matters. These districts are classed as ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ according as they lie within or without a borough or city. noun

To divide into districts or limited portions of territory. transitive verb

Rigorous; stringent; harsh. adjective

The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing. noun

A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes noun

Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract. noun

See under Congressional. noun

The prosecuting officer of a district or district court. noun

A subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district. noun

One who presides over a district court. noun

A public school for the children within a school district. noun

An administrative division of an area. noun

An administrative division of an area.

An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.

An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

Words that are spelled similarly to district:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word district:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe district:
whole, central, same, local, congressional, entire, rural, particular, residential, judicial, southern, electoral, northern, financial, historic, western, urban, industrial, military, agricultural, light, single, commercial, third, eastern, metropolitan, administrative, federal, sub, present, mountainous, rich, separate, municipal, fourth, red, native, neighbouring, fertile, remote, fifth, class, extensive, suburban, largest, populous, independent, populated, wild, growing, sixth, adjacent, fashionable, neighboring, hilly, outlying, seventh, sanitary, provincial, famous, 5th, 4th, magisterial, senatorial, regional, retail, downtown, coastal, ninth, legislative, eighth.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective district:
attorney, level, system, school, heating, court, variations, levels, head, boards, office, schools, variation, plan, attorneys, migration, basis, officers, disparities, officer, busing, segregation, libraries, headquarters, organization, boundaries, movement, offices, courts, meeting, committees, visitor, differences, students, board, council, chief, meetings, leader, remedy, chiefs, councils, organizations, heads, lines, committee, leaders, roads, transfers, judges, bonds, judge, systems, elections, migrants, visitors, governments, boundary, town, relations, trade, officials, analysis, towns, authorities, mobility, plans, data, magistrate, structures, hospitals, consolidation, commander, messenger, command, units, comparisons, movements, administration, unit, disparity, residents, reorganization, convention, comparison, nursing, tuition, city, violation, library, program.

Consonant match to district:
distract, destruct.

Words that sound like district:
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