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up-and-coming district
/ˌʌp ən ˈkʌmɪŋ ˈdɪstrɪkt/up·and·COM·ing · DIS·trict
an area that is improving and likely to become more popular or valuable soon
Examples
“The up-and-coming district has many new cafés and art studios.”
“Describing an up-and-coming district is useful in Part 2 when talking about change.”
“Young professionals are moving into this up-and-coming district.”
Band 8 sentence
“Over the past five years, this up‑and‑coming district has attracted several tech start‑ups.”
Collocations
- an up-and-coming district
- become an up-and-coming district
Word family
Common mistakes
upcoming district→up-and-coming district
district that is upcoming→up-and-coming district
Say it for a higher band
5newly developing area→6emerging neighbourhood→7+up-and-coming district
Synonyms
emerging district
Easily confused
gentrifying district
“The gentrifying district has seen many old shops replaced by boutiques.”
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