residential district
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3.1
- noun
- /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈdɪstrɪkt/
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distrito residencial
- Beyond that is a residential district, which consists of lakes, waterfalls - all kinds of beautiful plants throughout the area.
- fashionable residential district
- commercial and residential district
Examples
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Over time, as immigrants' wage-earning ability, English-language skills, and overall familiarity with the dominant society grow, they relocate to suburban residential districts dominated by native-born white residents.
Academic text (2006) -
By 1959, the population density on the 480m x 160m island reached 139,100 per square kilometer in the residential district.
Blog text (22) -
But it was the same old view of a quiet residential district that I remembered.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her husband had died, and she lived alone in a modest apartment in a quiet residential district.
Blog text (12) -
Since 1973, all high school applicants have been assigned by lottery to schools within their residential district.
Academic text (1992) -
The New York Court of Appeals, in a similar vein, stated that "the primary purpose of such a single-family residential district is safe, healthful, and comfortable family life."
Academic text (2016) -
On September 1st, Iimura Kazuki opened Omotesando Farm, a rooftop garden rental space in a central upscale commercial and residential district.
Blog text (4) -
According to the resolution, "the City of Birmingham considers the lengthy display and exceeding numbers of political signs in residential districts to be both an aesthetic problem and a source of visual blight, especially when the signs become dilapidated."
Blog text (13) -
Later, after a stop at the Mansion House, the home of the Lord Mayor of London, they crossed the Thames, traversed the poor residential district of Southwark, recrossed the river on Westminster Bridge, and passed the Houses of Parliament before returning to Buckingham Palace.
Academic text (1997) -
Many families prefer to raise their children in a safe residential district with plenty of parks.
Synonyms
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1.8
An area in a town or city where people live near each other
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2.1
Part of a town where people live in houses or apartments
Antonyms
How Residential
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area of a city where most buildings are homes' is directly and compositionally derived from 'residential' (relating to where people reside) + 'district' (an area). This noun phrase follows a common modifier+noun pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase residential district comes from a simple idea: residential means full of homes and district means a separate area of a town. So a residential district is an area where people 'live' rather than where shops and 'businesses' are.