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- Dictionarymet·ro·pol·i·tan/ˌmetrəˈpälətn/
adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting a metropolis, often inclusive of its surrounding areas: "the Boston metropolitan area"
- 2. relating to or denoting the parent state of a colony or dependency: "metropolitan Spain"
noun
- 1. a bishop having authority over the bishops of a province, in particular (in Orthodox Churches) one ranking above archbishop and below patriarch: "the post of Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina"
- 2. an inhabitant of a metropolis or large city: "a sophisticated metropolitan"
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1. : of or constituting a metropolitan or his see. 2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis and sometimes including its suburbs. 3. : of, relating to, or constituting a mother country as distinguished from a colony. Synonyms. Noun. city slicker. cosmopolitan. cosmopolite. slicker. sophisticate.
Metropolitan definition: of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.. See examples of METROPOLITAN used in a sentence.
relating to a large city: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He was drawn to the metropolitan glamour and excitement of Paris. a metropolitan area. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general) aerotropolis. anti-city. anti-urban. boom town. Brummie. burgher. Cantabrigian. central city.
The adjective metropolitan describes something that's characteristic of a city. You really enjoy metropolitan life — there's always something happening, and you can walk or take the subway anywhere you want to go.
adjective. us / ˌme·trəˈpɑl·ɪ·t ə n / Add to word list. of or in a large city: the Boston metropolitan area.
METROPOLITAN meaning: of or relating to a large city and the surrounding cities and towns.
1. (Sociology) of or characteristic of a metropolis. 2. (Human Geography) constituting a city and its suburbs: the metropolitan area. 3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Also: metropolitical of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis.
Definition of metropolitan adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. 1. 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. 2. of or pertaining to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities. the New York metropolitan area. 3.
relating to a large city: a metropolitan area / council. (Definition of metropolitan from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of metropolitan. in Chinese (Traditional) 大都市的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 大都市的… See more. in Spanish. metropolitano, metropolitano/ana [masculine-feminine, singular]…
