urban Definition
ur·ban (ʉr′bən)
adjective
- of, in, constituting, or comprising a city or town
- characteristic of the city as distinguished from the country; citified
- ☆ in U.S. census use, designating or of an incorporated or unincorporated place with at least 50,000 inhabitants
Etymology: L urbanus < urbs, city
urban Synonyms
urban
modif.
Concerning city government
city, metropolitan, civil; see municipal, public 2.Concerning city living
city, civic, municipal, metropolitan, megalopolitan, within the city limits, inner-city, central-city, downtown, zoned, planned, business-district, civil, nonrural, ghetto, shopping, residential, apartment-dwelling, oppidan.
urban Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- regeneration: Marketing the city: the role of flagship developments in urban regeneration.
- sprawl: Green Belt is countryside next to urban areas where there is a risk that the openness will be invaded by urban sprawl.
- renaissance: This gave a huge boost to the urban renaissance.
- area: In each project SEEDA is working to correct market failures in order to make urban areas work better.
- myth: Urban Myths tend to be foul, foul stories.
- legend: The whole point about an urban legend is hat everyone knows them: they are common currency.
Modifying Another Word
- predominantly: As Worthing is a predominantly urban boro, open space within the Built Up Area is of particular importance.
- largely: Magnificent Cathedrals and great churches are largely urban developments.
- mostly: As a result, only very few, mostly urban, secondary traffic links have been fitted with fixed roadside monitoring equipment.
- primarily: Solidarity Groups This program serves primarily urban businesses that are somewhat more stable than those in Trust Banks.
- very: Many of the environments are very urban in style, taking place on abandoned streets in England or even training yards.
- just: We're investing massive resource in rolling out 8Mbps across the country not just urban areas by spring 2006.
Preposition: in
character: The development is clearly urban in character, but lacks local shops and facilities.
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