urban

Definition

Examples

Urban areas are seeing a rise in demand for small apartments.

Word Family

Synonyms

• metropolitanin the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity
• municipalrelating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality
• civicof or relating or belonging to a city

Collocations

• Easy urban life
  describing urban life (relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area)
• Medium urban development project
  describing urban development project (relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area)
• Hard mitigate severe urban sprawl
  to mitigate severe urban sprawl, meaning to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
• Very Hard an urban wasteland born of deindustrialization
  referring to an urban wasteland born of deindustrialization