canton
To delineate as a separate districtTo delineate as a separate district.
» Does their father work for the canton?
hoffmania · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(transitive)To delineate as a separate district.
(transitive)To divide into cantons.
divide into cantons, of a country
(transitive)To quarter troops by requisitioning housing from the civilian population.
(intransitive)To be allotted such quarters.
Examples
6 sentencesDoes their father work for the canton?
He'll sail from Philadelphia to Canton.
My dream is to study Cantonese in Canton.
The Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina consists of ten cantons.
deDie Föderation Bosnien-Herzegowina besteht aus zehn Kantonen. — ieflicca
Why do you speak Cantonese so well when you just came to Canton?
Origin
1530s, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton (“corner”); heraldic sense from t1530s, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton (“corner”); heraldic sense from the 1570s, geographic sense from c. 1600.
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Forms
cantons, cantoning, cantoned, cantonedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.