Urban means belonging to, or relating to, a town or city.
Most of the population is an urban population.
Most urban areas are close to a park.
...urban planning.
Synonyms: civic, city, town, metropolitan More Synonyms of urban
urban in British English
(ˈɜːbən)
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or constituting a city or town
2.
living in a city or town
3.
(of music) emerging and developing in densely populated areas of large cities, esp those populated by people of African or Caribbean origin
Compare rural
Word origin
C17: from Latin urbānus, from urbs city
urban in American English
(ˈɜrbən)
adjective
1.
of, in, constituting, or comprising a city or town
2.
characteristic of the city as distinguished from the country; citified
3. US
in U.S. census use, designating or of an incorporated or unincorporated place with at least 50,000 inhabitants
Word origin
L urbanus < urbs, city
Examples of 'urban' in a sentence
urban
DfID is funding training to bring people from farms to urban areas and prepare them for factory conditions.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Consumers in rural Wales are more likely to own a mobile phone than those in urban areas.
Computing (2010)
In urban areas especially, we can be surrounded by noise and activity but speak to no one.
The Sun (2016)
The threat was as equal in urban areas as rural ones, where creatures thrive in woods and long grass.
The Sun (2016)
Or it can be used to compare different areas, such as the difference in fire statistics between urban and rural areas.
Computing (2010)
MILLIONS of families are wasting cash by listening to urban myths about heating, experts warn.
The Sun (2016)
Which means that the lightning appeared far away from its parent thunderstorm - and showed that a bolt from the blue is no urban myth.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is familiar to most Catholics, certainly in predominantly urban areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In urban areas, the loss is owing to gardens that are too neat, an excess of buildings and perilous roads.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What a perk of modern urban life that is.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Urban myths and solid anecdotes always go round about misbehaviour in theatres.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Nor is the rural and suburban landscape as perfectly manicured as some urban dwellers think.
Redwood, John The Global Marketplace (1993)
The rich move away from urban centres as affluence increases.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
There are now more urban than rural foxes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The figures come as evidence emerged of rising gun crime in other urban areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Wild animals are also spreading the menace to parks and urban spaces.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Large urban areas have always spawned criminal gangs of various sorts.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
What controls can be exerted over undesirable urban uses of rural sites?
Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989)
This surplus made it possible to sustain urban populations that were not primarily engaged in farming.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
It is a ridiculous urban myth with an alarming number of followers.
The Sun (2014)
Many young urban dwellers choose not to own a car.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Britain must put the bicycle at the centre of urban planning.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is also an offence to move an urban fox to a rural area.
The Sun (2014)
Potential building plots are harder to spot in urban areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The site itself will reopen to the public as an urban park this summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It has meant we have had an urban and a rural life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Another urban myth is that he would always stand in the shady part of the pitch.
John Foot Calcio: A History of Italian Football (2006)
Is there a creature more sinister than the urban fox?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The movement from agricultural areas to urban ones has had as a logical corollary the growth of the urban population.
Shubert, Adrian A Social History of Modern Spain (1991)
Understandably, the earliest sociologists had a deep mistrust of urban life.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
Detroit remains the embodiment of the American urban tragedy writ large.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Similarly, urban dwellers often seek a small haven of the countryside in the town itself.
Redwood, John The Global Marketplace (1993)
A textbook on cities and urban life by a principal urban sociologist.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
In the early 1970s the policies evolved into the more fashionable growth centres programme which lead to the selective encouragement of urban centres.
Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989)
In other languages
urban
British English: urban ADJECTIVE
Urban means belonging to, or relating to, a town or city.
For a small state it has a large urban population.
American English: urban
Brazilian Portuguese: urbano
Chinese: 城市的
European Spanish: urbano
French: urbain
German: städtisch
Italian: urbano
Japanese: 都市の
Korean: 도시의
European Portuguese: urbano
Latin American Spanish: urbano
All related terms of 'urban'
urban aid
aid or relief for urban areas
Urban II
original name Odo or Udo . ?1042–99, French ecclesiastic ; pope (1088–99). He inaugurated the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont (1095)
Urban VI
original name Bartolomeo Prignano ?1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic ; pope (1378–89). His policies led to the election of an antipope by the French cardinals , thus beginning the Great Schism in the West
urban area
(in population censuses ) a city area considered as the inner city plus built-up environs , irrespective of local body administrative boundaries
urban blues
an extrovert and rhythmic style of blues, usually accompanied by a band
urban decay
the decay and deterioration of an urban area due to neglect or age
urban golf
a game played on a large outdoor course in a non-residential area of a city, the object of which is to hit a tennis ball using clubs , with as few strokes as possible , into each of usually 18 holes
urban myth
An urban myth is a strange or surprising story which many people believe , but which is not actually true .
urban park
A park is a public area of land with grass and trees, usually in a town, where people go in order to relax and enjoy themselves.
Urban VIII
original name Maffeo Barberini. 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic ; pope (1623–44) during the Thirty Years' War, in which he supported Richelieu against the Hapsburgs
urban blight
the decay and deterioration of an urban area due to neglect or age
urban centre
an urban area that is large and heavily populated
urban dweller
a person who lives in an urban area
Urban League
→ the Urban League
urban legend
a purportedly true, typically sensational , incident or phenomenon about which various secondhand accounts or anecdotes widely circulate : urban legends are usually untrue or unverifiable
urban planner
a person who plans and designs urban areas
urban poverty
Poverty is the state of being extremely poor .
urban renewal
the process of redeveloping dilapidated or no longer functional urban areas
urban setting
A particular setting is a particular place or type of surroundings where something is or takes place.
urban sprawl
the spread of an urban area into what used to be countryside
urban studies
the various disciplines associated with the study of urban areas, including urban planning, urban economics and urban architecture
urban clearway
a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
urban district
(in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and Northern Ireland from 1898 to 1973) an urban division of an administrative county with an elected council in charge of housing and environmental services: usually made up of one or more thickly populated areas but lacking a borough charter
urban guerrilla
a guerrilla who operates in a town or city, engaging in terrorism , kidnapping, etc
urban landscape
The landscape is everything you can see when you look across an area of land, including hills , rivers , buildings, trees, and plants.
urban migration
the process of people moving from rural areas to cities
urban planning
the planning and design of urban areas
urban development
the development or improvement of an urban area by building
urban exploration
a recreational activity in which people explore derelict urban structures such as abandoned sewers or underground railways or attempt to access areas which are closed to the public such as the roofs of skyscrapers
urban population
The population of a country or area is all the people who live in it.
the Urban League
a civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States
urban conservation area
an urban area that is protected, preserved and carefully managed
urban development zone
an area that is designated as being a site for urban development
urban district council
a council of an urban district that, in conjunction with a county council, has responsibilities for local government issues
homesteading
a scheme whereby council tenants are enabled to buy derelict property from the council and renovate it with the aid of Government grants
urbex
a recreational activity in which people explore derelict urban structures such as abandoned sewers or underground railways or attempt to access areas which are closed to the public such as the roofs of skyscrapers
Chinese translation of 'urban'
urban
(ˈəːbən)
adj
[area, development]城市的 (chéngshì de)
(adjective)
Definition
of or living in a city or town
Most urban areas are close to a park.
Synonyms
civic
the civic leaders of Manchester
city
town
metropolitan
a dozen major metropolitan hospitals
municipal
the municipal library
oppidan (rare)
dorp (South Africa)
inner-city
Additional synonyms
in the sense of city
Synonyms
urban,
metropolitan,
civic,
municipal
in the sense of metropolitan
Definition
of or characteristic of a metropolis
a dozen major metropolitan hospitals
Synonyms
city,
urban,
civic,
municipal
in the sense of municipal
Definition
of or relating to a town or city or its local government