conurbation Definition
con·ur·ba·tion (kän′ər bā′s̸hən)
conurbation Usage Examples
Converse of object
- surround: Once this route is completed, an important link into the existing network of cycle routes will have been made from the surrounding conurbations.
- serve: The study now under way is looking at how the Tyne serves the conurbation and how the conurbation serves the river.
- include: The lakes and reservoirs in Snowdonia provide water for towns and cities including the Merseyside conurbation.
- expand: Dover Castle Kentish Oast House Kent, tho close to the expanding conurbation of Greater London has managed to retain its individuality.
- cover: Similar surveys will also cover major conurbations, such as Liverpool and Merseyside.
- form: Together with the neighboring settlements of Redruth and Pool it forms the largest urban conurbation in Cornwall.
Converse of subject
surround: The city is surrounded by eight other major industrial conurbations which make the province the fourth most important region in China.
Adjective modifier
- urban: The urban conurbation appears to provide a stronghold for the water vole.
- major: It is in the center of a major conurbation not served well by the air travel industry.
- large: Take a map; pick a large conurbation: listen to the city.
- industrial: The city is surrounded by eight other major industrial conurbations which make the province the fourth most important region in China.
- main: Even then 3G coverage will be limited to main conurbations for many years.
- big: Lively, ancient Chiang Mai is Thailand's second biggest conurbation.
Modifies a noun
- area: That the divide is perceived to exist is not surprising, especially in a huge conurbation area remote from other croquet clubs.
- core: The real rate of unemployment in the conurbation cores is now very high.
- size: There is also little variation by conurbation size the average number of suppressed trips per socially excluded person is 1.6 return journeys per week.
Noun used with modifier
- midland: This is around one fifth of traffic flowing through the west midlands conurbation each day.
- country: We believe that the Black Country conurbation is a site of creative tension, with enormous cultural potential.
Preposition: as
whole: However most importantly Glaister's model was highly aggregate in nature based on modeling a particular conurbation as a whole.
Preposition: with
population: Birmingham is at the heart of the major conurbation with a population of just under one million people.
Browse dictionary entries near conurbation
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