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# district

«district» in Mova's school dictionary: **an area of a town, city or country, often with its own…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (district, districts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A district is an area of a town, city or country, often with its own name or purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#m1)

2) A district is an area marked out by a government for running schools, voting, courts and other services. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, districts are parts of cities or counties. In the USA, a «school district» runs the local schools. In everyday life: shopping district, business district, Lake District. Phrases: «school district», «the Lake District», «shopping district», «district council».

### examples

- We live in a quiet district near the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#x1)
- Our school district has twelve schools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#x2)
- The shopping district is busy on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#x3)
- The Lake District has mountains and lakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#x4)
- Each district has its own council. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#x5)
- The old district has narrow streets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#x6)
- Firefighters from three districts helped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#x7)
- Indeed, save in the remote country districts, the dialect of the legends has nearly disappeared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a district», «districts». Similar: «area», «neighbourhood», «region», «zone». Proper names take capitals: «the Lake District». Not a number word, but problems may count people per district.

### In the corpora

- [And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.47/)
- [And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.51/)
- [Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.57/)
- [After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.58/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «district» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/district/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.