district
[noun]
Synonyms: area, locale, locality, neighbourhood, parish, quarter, region, sector, vicinity

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Related Words: division, parcel

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English Thesaurus: area, region, zone, district, the business/financial/theatre etc district, ...

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dis‧trict S3 W2 /ˈdɪstrɪkt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Medieval Latin districtus 'area under control of a lord or judge', from districtus 'taken hold of, forced', from the past participle of Latin distringere; ⇒ distress¹]

1. an area of a town or the countryside, especially one with particular features
rural/financial/theatre etc district
a house in a pleasant suburban district

2. an area of a country, city etc that has official borders:
a postal district

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

district
noun
ADJ. neighbouring, surrounding Fire crews from all the surrounding districts helped to fight the fires in the city.
central Every city has its central business district.
outlying, remote a new railway station to help people commuting from outlying districts
northern, southern, etc. | affluent, exclusive, rich, wealthy | poor, working-class the shacks in the poorest districts of the city
slum | coastal, country, local, metropolitan, rural, suburban, urban | agricultural, business, commercial, financial, industrial, mining, residential, shopping | administrative, electoral, federal, health, military, polling, postal a federal district court in New York He has been transferred to a hospital in a different health district.
DISTRICT + VERB stretch Their district stretches nearly 150 miles, from the mountains to the sea.
DISTRICT + NOUN authority, council the district health authority
councillor, judge, nurse, etc. | court, hospital, etc. | boundary Redrawing district boundaries would change the election results.
PREP. in/within a/the ~ The hospital is only responsible for patients within its own district.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

district

a rural district (=in the countryside)
There are few schools in the rural districts of Bangladesh.
an urban district (=in a town)
In 1911 over three-quarters of the British people lived in urban districts.
the surrounding districts (=in the area around or next to something)
The market attracts farmers from the surrounding district.
a financial/business/commercial district (=where there are a lot of banks and other businesses)
He works in San Francisco’s financial district.
a shopping district
The bomb exploded in a crowded shopping district.
an entertainment district (=where there are a lot of bars, clubs etc)
Visitors to Roppongi, Tokyo’s entertainment district, come to experience the latest fashions and have fun.
a theatre district British English, a theater district AmE:
The restaurant is located in the middle of New York’s theater district.
a residential district (=where people live rather than work)
It is one of Paris’ most exclusive residential districts.
a poor/wealthy district (=where a lot of people are poor/rich)
He lived in one of London’s poorest districts.
a slum district (=where poor people live in very bad conditions)
Rats were running all over the slum districts.
a fashionable district (=popular with rich or well-known people)
Brompton became a fashionable district to live in.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

district
noun
BAD: We will be touring the famous fruit-growing districts.
GOOD: We will be touring the famous fruit-growing regions.
BAD: The original inhabitants of the district were probably Chinese.
GOOD: The original inhabitants of the region/area were probably Chinese.

Usage Note:
district = (1) one of the official divisions of a city or country: 'the London postal district', 'the South Cambridgeshire District', 'the Liverpool 8 district of Merseyside', 'Last winter several London health districts faced a cash crisis.' (2) an area in a city (or sometimes in a country) that has a particular quality or feature: 'a very wealthy district', 'one of the most deprived districts in the inner city', 'an old slum district where the gangs operate'. A region is usually a large area of a country and has no official boundaries: 'The President has declared the region a disaster area.' 'Such expansion would most likely occur in the Amazon region.' 'The people who live in this region have a strong accent.'
When you are unsure about which word to choose, use area . An area can be large or small and has a very general meaning.

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area a part of a town or country, or of the world:
They live in a very wealthy area.
coastal areas
region a large area of a country or the world:
the northwest region of Russia
desert regions
zone an area that is different from other areas around it in some way:
a war zone
a no-parking zone
We crossed two different time zonesareas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.
district one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens:
the Chelsea district of Manhattan
⇒ the business/financial/theatre etc district:
the financial district of London
neighbourhood British English
, neighborhood American English /ˈneɪbəhʊd $ -ər-/ an area of a town where people live:
a friendly neighbourhood
There are lots of trees in our neighborhood.
suburb an area outside the centre of a city, where people live:
a suburb of Boston
quarter an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live:
the French quarter of New Orleans
slum an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live:
He grew up in the slums of East London.
ghetto an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live:
a black baby born in the ghetto

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