District Meaning
/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn administrative division of an area.
nounAn area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
Sentence Examples
The panic spread through the district in an instant.
The power plant supplies the remote district with electricity.
The City of London’s financial district
CEFR Practice Quiz
Our school ____ voted to extend the academic year by two weeks.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The panic spread through the ____ in an instant.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War.[…]’"
— 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
"punishing with the rod of district severity"
— 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
"The District seems complacently salubrious. It is green on the Tube map, an inoffensive colour. It has not one but two bridge crossings of the Thames, which seems greedy when you think that no other [underground] line has even one."
— 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 60:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Our school ____ voted to extend the academic year by two weeks.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The panic spread through the ____ in an instant.