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metropolitan

met·ro·pol·i·tan
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [me-truh-pol-i-tn]
    • /ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tn/
    • /ˌmet.rəˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [me-truh-pol-i-tn]
    • /ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tn/

Definitions of metropolitan word

  • adjective 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. 1
  • adjective metropolitan of or relating to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities: the New York metropolitan area. 1
  • adjective metropolitan pertaining to or constituting a mother country. 1
  • adjective metropolitan pertaining to an ecclesiastical metropolis. 1
  • noun metropolitan an inhabitant of a metropolis. 1
  • noun metropolitan a person who has the sophistication, fashionable taste, or other habits and manners associated with those who live in a metropolis. 1
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Origin of metropolitan

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Late Latin mētropolītānus of, belonging to a metropolis < Greek mētropolī́t(ēs) (see metropolis, -ite1) + Latin -ānus -an

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Parts of speech for Metropolitan

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Metropolitan

metropolitan popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% 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".

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Synonyms for metropolitan

adj metropolitan

  • urban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
  • cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
  • urbane — having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner.
  • 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.
  • modern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.

adjective metropolitan

  • civic — You use civic to describe people or things that have an official status in a town or city.

noun metropolitan

  • urbanite — a resident of a city or urban community.
  • citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
  • resident — a person who resides in a place.
  • townie — a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town.
All 11 Synonyms of metropolitan

Antonyms for metropolitan

adj metropolitan

  • country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
  • rural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
All 2 Antonyms of metropolitan

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