dist.

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dist.
Stands forDistrict
CategoriesWriting & Everyday

dist. stands for District, an everyday abbreviation.

Shortens "district" in the names of school districts, congressional districts, courts and administrative areas, as in "School Dist. 12" or "Dist. Court."

Example: The Unified School Dist. will hold a public hearing on the budget Thursday evening.

Usage notes

US federal trial courts are organized into 94 judicial districts. "Dist." can also mean distance or distributed, as in "dist. by" on product labels. The District of Columbia is abbreviated DC or D.C.

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