metropolitan

CEFRB2

/mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to a large city and its surrounding area.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.

Examples

  • He centered his business on the metropolitan area.

  • How high is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office Building?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [-ɾən]
  • [-tn̩]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. The inhabitant of a metropolis.

  2. Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.

More examples

In context

  • The flu struck the metropolitan area.

  • the new political status of these islands marks a definite break with the traditional Dutch colonial practice to keep its Caribbean colonies at a distance; and, after 2010, Dutch metropolitan laws and dministrative practices started being implemented on the i...

  • the new political status of these islands marks a definite break with the traditional Dutch colonial practice to keep its Caribbean colonies at a distance; and, after 2010, Dutch metropolitan laws and dministrative practices started being implemented on the islands.

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Origin

adjective

From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).