residential district

collocation in English

meaningsofresidentialanddistrict

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residential
adjective
uk
/ˌrez.ɪˈden.ʃəl/us
/ˌrez.əˈden.ʃəl/
A residential road, area, etc. has only private houses, not offices ...
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district
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/us
/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/
an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from ...
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(Definition ofresidentialanddistrictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theresidentialdistrictis thus a moment, apiece of the city's form.
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In spite of the largely unimproved nature of the area, the city designated it as aresidentialdistrict.
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To address this question, several experts evaluated the appropriateness of theresidentialdistrictdesignation.
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The city gained nothing significant by including the area in aresidentialdistrictand lost nothing significant by changing its designation.
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The 1909 zoning ordinance designated the area as aresidentialdistrict.
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You destroy any possibility of its becoming a beautifulresidentialdistrict.
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My district is almost wholly aresidentialdistrict.
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This block of flats was built before the last war and, unfortunately, is not situated in aresidentialdistrict.
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This is part of aresidentialdistrict, a well-to-doresidentialdistrict.
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It remains in that state, because it was originally aresidentialdistrict.
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The noise and threatening nature of helicopters belonging to the police and television companies over aresidentialdistrict, are a separate, but equally distressing saga.
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This road goes through aresidentialdistrictand, as there is an alternative road, would he consider a weight restriction for the road which runs through theresidentialdistrict?
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It is principally aresidentialdistrictbuilt up between 1885 and 1928.
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The primarilyresidentialdistrictincludes some notable commercial, ecclesiastical, civic, and industrial buildings dated as early as the 1820s.
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They are performed by groups of singers, dancers and entertainers on a temporary stage that is set up within aresidentialdistrict.
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Buckeystown's early industrial center gradually faded, leaving a well-preservedresidentialdistrictwith a particular emphasis on the 1870-1910 period.
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However, this idea received little support as it would have been necessary to cut through an intactresidentialdistrict.
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It is a primarilyresidentialdistrictwith houses in a variety of popular late-19th and early-20th century architectural styles.
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