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district

/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/ verb C2
  1. To divide into administrative or other districts. (transitive) · A county districted for voting purposes.

He/she/it districts · Past districted · Past participle districted · -ing form districting

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Verb forms

Base form
district
He/she/it
districts
Past
districted
Past participle
districted
-ing form
districting

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Josie Pye never scrupled to ask questions; in this instance the rest of the class felt grateful to her; none of them would have dared to ask it of Miss Stacy, but all wanted to, for there had been alarming rumors running at large through the school for some time that Miss Stacy was not coming back the next year--that she had been offered a position in the grade school of her own home district and meant to accept.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 254 · C1
No unsolved crime had been reported from that district.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 26 · B2
Since then I have of course had the Hurlstone estates to manage, and as I am member for my district as well, my life has been a busy one.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 6 · B2
He is a bit of a Don Juan, and you can imagine that for a man like him it is not a very difficult part to play in a quiet country district.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 8 · B2

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