citynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɪt.i/us/ˈsɪt̬.i/city noun [ C ] (TOWN)
A1 a large town:
Many of the world's cities have populations of more than five million.
Wellington is the capital city (= centre of government) of New Zealand.
any town in the UK that has a cathedral (= large, important church):
The city of Ely has about 15,000 inhabitants.
mainly US UK usually city council the government of a city:
It's the city's responsibility to maintain the pavements.
My father works for the city.
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- The traffic congestion in the city gets even worse during the summer.
- Their house is in a very desirable area of the city.
- For me, Venice is easily the most beautiful city in Europe.
- Many farm labourers moved to the towns and cities to look for work.
- Mexico City is one of the most densely populated cities in the world .
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Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)
- aerotropolis
- backwater
- bedroom community
- Cantabrigian
- capital
- conurbation
- county borough
- dormitory town
- ghost town
- Greater
- hill station
- hometown
- megacity
- metropolis
- one-horse town
- port
- settlement
- small-town
- spa
- urbanite
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city noun [ C ] (FINANCIAL CENTRE)
the City [ S ] UK
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- Her husband works in the City.
- The City was stunned by news of the takeover.
- I think she is something in the City.
the business centre of London where the large financial organizations are, such as the Bank of England:
He works in the City.
a City analyst
the financial organizations as a group and the people who work for them:
The City acted swiftly to the news of a fall in the value of sterling.
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Stock markets
- arbitrage
- bear
- bourse
- buy-in
- cash out sth
- dead cat bounce
- dividend
- Dow Jones
- haircut
- intangible asset
- investment
- mature
- maturity
- negotiable
- portfolio
- rogue trader
- speculation
- stockbroker
- stockholder
- trading
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