district

verb

districted; districting; districts

transitive verb

: to divide or organize into districts

Examples of district in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Court’s logic may apply only to districting for now—but there is no obvious reason to limit its application to that. —Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

Others have scaled this up by connecting the heat from their mining infrastructure to district heating systems, helping over 80,000 people stay warm or grow tomatoes or even tulips in greenhouses. —Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026

Moving across town and transferring from Lincoln-Way West to district rival Lincoln-Way Central, junior forward Nick Brzezniak had to work through some weird initial feelings. —Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026

The council has also decided how to stagger the election process for the transition, and will vote Tuesday to confirm that districts 1, 2, and 4 would be up for election in 2026, and that districts 3 and 5 would be up for election in 2028. —Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing district

• business district
• congressional district
• district attorney
• district court
• federal district
• federal district court
• inter-district
• multi-member district
• school district
• senatorial district
• single-member district
• special district
• sub-district
• urban district

Rhymes for district

• subdistrict

Kids Definition

district

1 of 2 noun

dis·​trict ˈdis-(ˌ)trikt 

1

: an area or section (as of a city or nation) set apart for some purpose

a school district

a judicial district

2

: an area or region having some special feature

a coal-mining district

district

2 of 2 verb

: to divide or organize into districts

Legal Definition

district

noun

dis·​trict

: a territorial division (as of a nation, state, county, or city) for administrative, judicial, electoral, or other purposes: as

a

: an administrative unit especially of a town or city established for the performance of a special governmental function

the water district

park district

b

: congressional district

c

: one of the divisions of the United States or of the individual states served by a particular federal or state court