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district

US /ˈdɪstrɪkt/

noun Core · B1 Nhà ở & bất động sản

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 downtown
    describing business district downtown (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)
  • Medium local school district administration
    describing local school district administration (public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops)
  • Hard historic preservation district zoning
    describing historic preservation district zoning (belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past)
  • Very Hard gerrymandered congressional district boundaries
    to gerrymandered congressional district boundaries, meaning to divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

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