district
US /ˈdɪstrɪkt/
Definition
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Our new office is in the business district near the station.
Synonyms
- areaa particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- regionthe extended spatial location of something
Collocations
- Easy business district downtowndescribing business district downtown (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)
- Medium local school district administrationdescribing local school district administration (public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops)
- Hard historic preservation district zoningdescribing historic preservation district zoning (belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past)
- Very Hard gerrymandered congressional district boundariesto gerrymandered congressional district boundaries, meaning to divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
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