Collocations for "district"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "district" in context.
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district
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [London] district
- is a district [of, in] [London]
- the District of Columbia
- a [conflictive, poor, rich] district
- a [working, middle, upper] -class district
- the [largest, smallest] district in [London]
- the [area, city, town] has [ten] districts
- the city is [split, divided] into ten districts
- the district has a population of [one million]
- [change, manipulate, alter] the voting districts
- vote by district
- is a [marginal, conservative, liberal] district
- [lives, works] in an affluent district
- the [management, control, funds, competences] of each district
- move into a better school district
- is a [great, terrible] school district
- comes from out of district
- is the district [sheriff, judge, attorney]
- works at the district council
- a [trial, case] in the district court
- is the district [manager, director]
'district' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):