district

B1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/ See IPA manual

Freq #2683

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1

noun
An area of a town, city, or country, often one with its own character or purpose.

We had dinner in the city's historic district.
2

noun
An area marked off for official or administrative purposes.

The new policy applies to every school in the district.

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1 noun · an area of a town, city, or... territory

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Forms districts

Derived forms districthooddistrictlikedistrictwidedistrictwiseecodistrictinterdistrictintradistrictmicrodistrictminidistrictmultidistrictout-districtsubdistrict

Related forms districtual

Etymology

From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit.

*streyg- Proto-Indo-European district French districtus Latin

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# district

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
**Frequency rank:** 2683

## Meanings
1. An area of a town, city, or country, often one with its own character or purpose.
2. An area marked off for official or administrative purposes.

## Examples
- We had dinner in the city's historic district.
- The new policy applies to every school in the district.

## Derived Forms
- districthood
- districtlike
- districtwide
- districtwise
- ecodistrict
- interdistrict
- intradistrict
- microdistrict
- minidistrict
- multidistrict
- out-district
- subdistrict

## Related Forms
- districtual

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *streyg-
- Root: district
- Root: districtus

## Etymology
From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit.

## AI Etymology
District comes from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit. In current use, the main senses are “An area of a town, city, or country, often one with its own character or purpose” and “An area marked off for official or administrative purposes”.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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