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- [sit-ee]
- /ˈsɪt i/
- /ˈsɪti/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sit-ee]
- /ˈsɪt i/
Definitions of city word
- proper noun city The City is the part of London where many important financial institutions have their main offices. People often refer to these financial institutions as the City. 3
- countable noun city A city is a large town. 3
- noun city any large town or populous place 3
- noun city (in Britain) a large town that has received this title from the Crown: usually the seat of a bishop 3
- noun city (in the US) an incorporated urban centre with its own government and administration established by state charter 3
- noun city (in Canada) a similar urban municipality incorporated by the provincial government 3
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Origin of city
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English cite < Anglo-French, Old French cite(t) < Latin cīvitāt- (stem of cīvitās) citizenry, town, equivalent to cīvi(s) citizen + -tāt- -ty2
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Parts of speech for City
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
city popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
city usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for city
adj city
- civic — You use civic to describe people or things that have an official status in a town or city.
- civil — You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- urban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- burghal — (in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
noun city
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- downtown — to or in the main business section of a city.
- place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
adjective city
- metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- town — Ithiel [ith-ee-uh l] /ˈɪθ i əl/ (Show IPA), 1784–1844, U.S. architect.
Antonyms for city
adj city
- rural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
noun city
- citizenry — The people living in a country, state, or city can be referred to as the citizenry.
- back of beyond — a very remote place
- green belt — an area of woods, parks, or open land surrounding a community.
- barrens — (in North America) a stretch of usually level land that is sparsely vegetated or barren
- farmland — land under cultivation or capable of being cultivated: to protect valuable farmland from erosion.
Top questions with city
- what city am i in?