suburbsub‧urb /ˈsʌbɜːb $ -ɜːrb/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
a London suburbsuburb of a suburb of Los Angeles a kid from the suburbsin a suburb Don’t you get bored living out here in the suburbs?► see thesaurus at area, city
WORD ORIGINsuburb
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin suburbium, from urbs ‘city’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All the social workers come in from their comfortable homes in the suburbs.
- Amy teaches at a primary school in a suburb of Atlanta.
- I was born and brought up in a suburb of New York City.
- More and more people are moving to the suburbs every year.
- My family moved to the suburbs when I was ten.
- They have just bough a house in Pacific Palisades, a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles.
- City officials are wary of population loss to suburbs and point with pride to the overall population gain that has accompanied annexation.
- Even in the richest suburbs there are well-concealed but frequently extensive neighborhoods inhabited by poor people.
- His parents lived in the Balmoral suburb of south Belfast.
- It invented the suburb - the most successful invention in the history of human habitation.
- Last year his family bought a villa in a smart Athens suburb.
- The city and its suburbs have some 2, 000 public grade crossings, 268 with whistle bans.
- The falls are at Neuhausen, an extension of Schaffhausen to the south, rather than a suburb of it.
- The rich send their children to private schools and the middle classes move to the suburbs.
THESAURUS
a part of a town or country, or of the world: · They live in a very wealthy area.· coastal areas
a large area of a country or the world: · the northwest region of Russia· desert regions
an area that is different from other areas around it in some way: · a war zone· a no-parking zone· We crossed two different time zones (=areas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.)
one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens: · the Chelsea district of Manhattanthe business/financial/theatre etc district: · the financial district of London
British English American English an area of a town where people live: · a friendly neighbourhood· There are lots of trees in our neighborhood.
an area outside the centre of a city, where people live: · a suburb of Boston
an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live: · the French quarter of New Orleans
an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live: · He grew up in the slums of East London.
an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live: · a black baby born in the ghetto
outside part of city the area around the edge of a city or just outside it: · Disneyland is on the outskirts of Paris.
an area around the edges of a city, where many people live: · He lives in a suburb of London.the suburbs: · More and more people are moving to the suburbs.
Longman Language Activatoran area in or around a town or city an area in or around a town or city: area of: · The family lives in Roxbury, a working-class area of Boston.poor/rich area: · Raul grew up in a poor area of Buenos Aires.
one of the areas that a town or city is officially divided into, or one of the areas of a town or city where a particular group of people live or a particular activity happens: district of: · Their apartment is in the Chongwen district of Peking.business/financial/historical etc district: · Blaine works in the financial district.
British /neighborhood American one of the parts of a town or city: · The Cranstons live in a very wealthy neighbourhood.neighbourhood of: · I grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Birmingham.in the neighbourhood/neighborhood: · Are there any good restaurants in the neighborhood?
an area in a town or city that is lived in by people of a particular type or nationality: quarter of: · We rented a house in the Creole quarter of New Orleans.· The Dahdah palace is in the old Jewish quarter of Damascus.
part of a city that is officially divided from other parts because it is of a particular type: residential/commercial zone: · This is a residential zone -- no commercial buildings are allowed.pedestrian zone (=a zone where cars, motorcycles etc are not allowed): · Most of the town centre is now a pedestrian zone.
especially American a group of buildings in a city, with four streets around it - often used as a way of talking about distances in the city: · She lived three blocks away from me when we were kids.· Many of the families on our block are Hispanic-Americans.
an area away from the centre of a city, where people live, especially an area where there are houses with gardens: suburb of: · Amy teaches at a primary school in a suburb of Atlanta.the suburbs: · My family moved to the suburbs when I was ten.
American an area in an American town or city that is officially divided from other parts and that has its own police department etc: · the fourteenth precinct· The mayor has lost support in many precincts of the city.
the areas at the edge of a town or city an area around the edges of a city, where many people live because it is quieter and there is more space than in the centre: suburb of: · I was born and brought up in a suburb of New York City.the suburbs: · More and more people are moving to the suburbs every year.· All the social workers come in from their comfortable homes in the suburbs.a wealthy/middle-class/respectable etc suburb: · They have just bought a house in Pacific Palisades, a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles.
the area around the edge of a city or just outside it: · The Cité De Science is a futuristic complex in the Parisian outskirts.on the outskirts: · His body was discovered on the city's outskirts three days later.the outskirts of Tokyo/London etc: · By 9 o'clock we reached the outskirts of Berlin.the outskirts of town: · There are plans to build a new shopping mall on the outskirts of town.
British out-of-town shops, cinemas etc are built outside a town, so that people from the town have to drive to them: · an out-of-town shopping centre· Town centre shops face a threat from large out-of-town developments which offer hundreds of shops under one roof.
a large area of buildings, factories etc around the edges of a city that used to be countryside - use this to describe places that are ugly, noisy, or unpleasant: · At that time, little was done to control the urban sprawl.· The natural habitats of Britain's wildlife have been ravaged by urban sprawl and pollution.
WORD SETSabyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a kid from the suburbsCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an area where people live which is away from the centre of a town or city: a kid from the suburbs· They live in an exclusive suburb on the north side of the city.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Their housing situation is not atypical, even for this affluent suburb.· Lisa Tessler is from an affluent suburb of New York.
· But the scheme has given little reassurance to families in Skopje's eastern suburbs.
· In addition to the palatial and leafy suburbs, there are areas of inner-city terraced housing awaiting redevelopment and large outlying council estates.· A far cry from the leafy suburbs of Sydenham.· She bought a long lease on the apartment in quiet and respectable Hahnwald, a leafy and staid suburb of Cologne.· Voters living in leafier suburbs might have thought differently.· When their lot improves, immigrants tend to move out to leafier suburbs.
· They financed a whole new suburb, Shaker Heights, early this century.· We were not in central Washington, you understand, but in a new suburb.· The new suburbs have seven houses to the acre, whereas the old city had 30.· From here is a view of the new, box-like suburbs of N, S and N-W Prague.· St John's Wood, smart new suburb of north London.
· These were superseded by more substantial updraught kilns which have been found right across the northern suburbs.· Even the water tower in Addison, a northern suburb, is bathed in blue light.· A feeder tramway would link the extension to the northern suburb of Bohnice.· The first branch, in the northern Houston suburb of Spring, changed its hours in October 1999.· Seductive country, then, to charm a young London schoolteacher away from the semi-rural but crowded northern suburbs of the capital.· Nuclear plants are sprinkled liberally across the capital, with a particularly dense clump in the northern suburbs.· As they left the northern suburbs, the car began to tremble in Jed's hands.· When Peter was made curate in a northern suburb of Bristol, Anna celebrated the event by becoming pregnant.
· He had been there for an hour in the darkness of the abandoned marshalling yard in the outer suburbs of East Berlin.· The vistas of fir forests, islands and lakes disintegrated into an outer London suburb and a mundane wife called Letitia.· As they reached the outer suburbs it began to drizzle slightly and Preston switched the wipers on.· Ringways Two and Three threatened the middle-class outer suburbs.
· Pierry Pierry, once a separate village, is now a continuation of the southern suburbs of Épernay.· Praha Metro is also planning a fourth route linking the city centre and the southern suburbs.· For the time being we reside with her parents in their small but practical house in the southern suburbs of Berlin.
· Newcastle City now includes the very wealthy suburb of Gosforth.· The Berzinses' spacious house is in a wealthy suburb of Indianapolis.
· The train hastened through the flat Thames Valley fields and flat Western suburbs with single-minded impatience.· They had died in battle in a Western suburb of the city.
· There are few votes to be won in the rich white suburbs by promising to move poor blacks there.· Compton still felt to me like a quiet, mostly white suburb with narrow cement streets shaded by carob trees.· Even affluent blacks are choosing to live together rather than move into predominantly white suburbs.
VERB· They could live in pleasant suburbs and travel to work; they could take off to previously distant areas for their holidays.· Whether they lived in suburbs or cities, when elderly women ventured out, they were the overwhelming victims of street violence.· However, many people living in towns and cities do, in fact, live in suburbs.· Another thing was that most of the Republicans who might have filled the bill lived in the suburbs.· She is a 34-year-old lady who lives in the suburbs of a city with her husband or partner.· Voters living in leafier suburbs might have thought differently.· And anyone who lives in a suburb should steal one if necessary.
· But between 1850 and 1920 some 15 percent of the total population of the United States moved to the suburbs.· So more and more families moved to the suburbs, with better schools their prime objective.· He switched on the engine, and the car began to move swiftly through the suburbs where she lived.· Fifth, families moved to the suburbs.· When their lot improves, immigrants tend to move out to leafier suburbs.· Also, he said, more families have moved to the suburbs, where transit is not always an easy alternative.· White people with money have all moved to the suburbs.· Even affluent blacks are choosing to live together rather than move into predominantly white suburbs.
a London suburbsuburb of a suburb of Los Angeles a kid from the suburbsin a suburb Don’t you get bored living out here in the suburbs?► see thesaurus at area, city