urban

adjective

OPAL W

/ˈɜːbən/

/ˈɜːrbən/

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[usually before noun] connected with a town or city
- urban and rural communities
- urban areas/centres
- the urban environment/landscape
- urban development (= the process of building towns and cities or making them larger)
- urban renewal/regeneration (= the process of improving the buildings, etc. in the poor parts of a town or city)
- efforts to control urban sprawl (= the spread of city buildings into the countryside)
- The urban poor feel betrayed by everyone.
- urban life
- the urban population
- people of earlier generations who had not grown up in an urban setting
- the efficient use of urban space
- key principles of urban design
compare rural
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- amenity
- city
- ghetto
- high-rise
- metropolitan
- population
- slum
- suburb
- town
- urban
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- isolated
- location
- neighbourhood
- outskirts
- provincial
- residential
- rough
- rural
- suburban
- urban
Topics Geographyb2, Buildingsb2
[only before noun] connected with types of music such as rhythm and blues, reggae, soul, etc. that are played by black musicians
- today’s urban music scene
- urban radio shows

Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin urbanus, from urbs, urb- ‘city’.

单词	urban
释义	urban adjective OPAL W /ˈɜːbən/ /ˈɜːrbən/ jump to other results [usually before noun] connected with a town or city urban and rural communities urban areas/centres the urban environment/landscape urban development (= the process of building towns and cities or making them larger) urban renewal/regeneration (= the process of improving the buildings, etc. in the poor parts of a town or city) efforts to control urban sprawl (= the spread of city buildings into the countryside) The urban poor feel betrayed by everyone. urban life the urban population people of earlier generations who had not grown up in an urban setting the efficient use of urban space key principles of urban design compare rural Wordfinder amenity city ghetto high-rise metropolitan population slum suburb town urban Wordfinder isolated location neighbourhood outskirts provincial residential rough rural suburban urban Topics Geographyb2, Buildingsb2 [only before noun] connected with types of music such as rhythm and blues, reggae, soul, etc. that are played by black musicians today’s urban music scene urban radio shows Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin urbanus, from urbs, urb- ‘city’.
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