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redistricting

redistricting is the present participle and gerund of redistrict.

Meaning of redistrict

Verb

redistrict (third-person singular simple present redistricts, present participle redistricting, simple past and past participle redistricted)

  1. To adjust the borders of districts of a state or other governmental or administrative entity.
  2. (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.

Noun

redistricting (plural redistrictings)

  1. An instance of adjusting the borders that delineate districts.
    • Their main demand: representation equal to their population and federal redistricting that maintains Madhesh and Tharu provinces – which would guarantee the groups a bigger representation in parliament.2015 September 20, Sugam Pokharel, Salim Essaid, “More than half a century in the making: Nepal enshrines new constitution”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2022
    • The party that holds the White House historically struggles in midterm elections, and Republicans are defending an especially narrow majority in the House. Those challenges have led Trump to pressure red states across the country to redraw their congressional district boundaries to give his party...2025 September 19, Patrick Svitek, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, “Most Americans critical of Trump on crime, economy and other issues, poll finds”, in The Washington Post, archived from the...

Forms of redistricting

pluralredistrictings

Questions about redistricting

What does redistricting mean?
Redistricting means an instance of adjusting the borders that delineate districts.
What is redistricting the present participle and gerund of?
Redistricting is the present participle and gerund of redistrict.
What part of speech is redistricting?
Redistricting is a noun.
What is the plural of redistricting?
The plural of redistricting is redistrictings.

Words near redistricting in the dictionary

  1. redistributive
  2. redistributor
  3. redistributors
  4. redistrict
  5. redistricted
  6. redistricting
  7. redistrictings
  8. redistricts
  9. redists
  10. redisturb
  11. redisturbance

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