redistrict
English
/ɹiːˈdɪstɹɪkt/
verb
Definitions
- To adjust the borders of districts of a state or other governmental or administrative entity.
- (US) To redraw the borders of the districts represented by legislators or other elected officeholders in accord with changes in population as shown in the decennial census.
Etymology
Prefix from English district.
Origin
English
district
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- district English
- districthood English
- districtlike English
- districtual English
- districtwide English
- ecodistrict English
- interdistrict English
- intradistrict English
- microdistrict English
- minidistrict English
- multidistrict English
- subdistrict English
- stringo Latin
- district French
- destrict Scots