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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024met•ro•pol•i•tan /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlɪtən/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to a metropolis:Storms are expected in the metropolitan area tonight.
of or like a metropolis in being sophisticated:a metropolitan outlook.See -polis-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•ro•pol•i•tan (me′trə pol′i tn),USA pronunciation adj. - of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, esp. in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- of or pertaining to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities:the New York metropolitan area.
- pertaining to or constituting a mother country.
- Religionpertaining to an ecclesiastical metropolis.
n. - an inhabitant of a metropolis.
- a person who has the sophistication, fashionable taste, or other habits and manners associated with those who live in a metropolis.
- Religion[Eastern Ch.]the head of an ecclesiastical province.
- Religionan archbishop in the Church of England.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]an archbishop who has authority over one or more suffragan sees.
- Ancient History(in ancient Greece) a citizen of the mother city or parent state of a colony.
- Greek mētropolí̄t(ēs) (see metropolis, -ite1) + Latin -ānus -an
- Late Latin mētropolītānus of, belonging to a metropolis
- Middle English 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: metropolitan /ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən/ adj - of or characteristic of a metropolis
- constituting a city and its suburbs
- of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis
- of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories: metropolitan France
n - the head of an ecclesiastical province, ranking between archbishop and patriarch
- an archbishop
- an archbishop or bishop having authority in certain matters over the dioceses in his province
ˌmetroˈpolitanism n met•ro1 /ˈmɛtroʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. [often: Metro]- Transportthe underground railway of certain cities, as Washington, D.C., and Paris, France:[countable] Compare the metros in both cities.[uncountable]You can get there by metro.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•ro1 (me′trō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. (often cap.) - Transportthe underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Transportsubway (def. 1).
- French métro, short for chemin de fer métropolitain metropolitan railroad
- 1900–05
- Informal Termsmetropolitan (defs. 1, 2).
n. - Informal Termsmetropolis (defs. 1, 2).
- Informal Terms, British Terms(often cap.) [Chiefly Canadian.]the government or jurisdiction of a large city.
- 1900–05; by shortening; or independent use of metro-3
, - a combining form meaning "measure,'' used in the formation of compound words:metronome.
- combining form representing Greek métron measure
, - a combining form meaning "uterus,'' used in the formation of compound words:metrorrhagia.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] metr-. - combining form representing Greek mé̄tra womb
: - a combining form representing metropolis or metropolitan in compound words:metroflight;metroland;Metroliner.
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