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metropolitan Definition

met·ro·poli·tan (me′trō päl′i tən, -trə-)

adjective

  1. of or constituting a metropolis (senses & )
  2. designating or of a metropolitan ()
  3. ☆ designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller surrounding communities
  4. designating or of a mother country as distinguished from a colony, territory, etc.

Etymology: LL metropolitanus

noun

  1. a person who lives in and knows a metropolis (senses & ) or one who has the characteristic attitudes and manners of such a person

  2. Etymology: LL(Ec) Metropolitanus

    1. an archbishop having authority over the bishops of a church province
    2. Eastern Ch. a bishop ranking just below a patriarch
  3. in ancient Greece, a citizen of a metropolis (sense )

metropolitan Synonyms

metropolitan

modif.

city, municipal, cosmopolitan; see modern 2, urban 2.

metropolitan Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • boro: Labor did well in the metropolitan boroughs of the north.
  • district: I am a new teacher in a small metropolitan school district.
  • elite: In practice, its priorities are set by a metropolitan elite whose ideas about justice are far removed from those of the ordinary citizen.
  • county: The solution was the creation of large metropolitan counties centered on cities.
  • province: At the same time Elphin became part of the metropolitan province of Armagh, having previously been part of Tuam.
  • area: Many metropolitan areas of England have created councils where there were none.

Modifying Another Word

  • wholly: D&G Dolce&Gabbana fashion signifies freedom, as the ultimate mirror of a wholly metropolitan culture in an unconventional, informal re-working.
  • largely: This reaches a wider and more diverse and regular audience than the largely metropolitan focussed commercial gallery sector.