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- [suhb-urb]
- /ˈsʌb ɜrb/
- /ˈsʌb.ɜːb/
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- [suhb-urb]
- /ˈsʌb ɜrb/
Definitions of suburb word
- noun suburb a district lying immediately outside a city or town, especially a smaller residential community. 1
- noun suburb the suburbs, the area composed of such districts. 1
- noun suburb an outlying part. 1
- noun suburb residential outskirts of city 1
- countable noun suburb A suburb of a city or large town is a smaller area which is part of the city or large town but is outside its centre. 0
- noun plural suburb If you live in the suburbs, you live in an area of houses outside the centre of a large town or city. 0
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Origin of suburb
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin suburbium, equivalent to sub- sub- + urb(s) city + -ium -ium
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Parts of speech for Suburb
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
suburb popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
suburb usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for suburb
noun suburb
- adjacency — the quality or state of being adjacent; nearness
- bedroom community — An urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood; often a suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily.
- bedroom suburb — a commuter suburb, from which people travel to the city centre to work
- contiguity — the state of being contiguous; nearness or contact
- demesne — land, esp surrounding a house or manor, retained by the owner for his or her own use
Antonyms for suburb
noun suburb
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
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