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adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting a metropolis or large city: "the Boston metropolitan area"
- 2. relating to or denoting the parent state of a colony: "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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adjective. us / ˌme·trəˈpɑl·ɪ·t ə n / Add to word list. of or in a large city: the Boston metropolitan area.
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.
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.
adjective. us / ˌmet.rəˈpɑː.lə.t ə n / uk / ˌmet.rəˈpɒl.ɪ.t ə n / Add to word list. 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
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.
What does the word metropolitan mean? There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word metropolitan , five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Definition of metropolitan adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a metropolitan area/council (Definition of metropolitan from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of metropolitan
metropolitan meaning, definition, what is metropolitan: relating or belonging to a very large ci...: Learn more.
