suburban
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3.5
- adjective
- /səˈbɜːrbən/
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suburbano
- The suburban landscape is characterized by quiet streets and well-kept lawns.
- suburban areas
- a suburban community
- suburban schools
So we grew up in a very kind of suburban lifestyle.
- So we grew up in a very kind of suburban lifestyle.
- The inner city school system is not as good as the suburban school system.
- OK, I know what a lot of suburban women think right now.
- Was he going to pull up in a car in her suburban town?
- Most metropolitan areas include both urban and suburban housing.
- Their base was a group of urban people, urban voters, and suburban voters.
- Do they literally just the videos of him being in an empty suburban house.
- It just was a lovely weekend by myself and I feel like as though I am now entering my suburban mom era.
Examples
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The luxury cars, the closet filled with designer clothes, the big suburban house with more toilets than people.
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So we grew up in a very kind of suburban lifestyle.
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Was he going to pull up in a car in her suburban town?
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We're just leaving our little suburban neighborhood right here.
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As readers, we join her on her walk around her suburban neighborhood with her father and dog, Major.
Academic text (2011) -
The scene opens in a suburban home where we meet Nina.
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On the outskirts of Jersey City, he finds the suburban street he is looking for.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sharon, for those who don't know, is a suburban town close to Boston.
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But that night it seemed all right, this suburban aspect, very clean and orderly and distant.
Fiction book (1990) -
There were three New Jersey counties, wealthy suburban counties that had gone for Bush.
Synonyms
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5.5
Having many houses, shops, and roads outside the city center
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Etymology
The word suburban comes from the parts sub- meaning 'under' or 'near' and urban meaning 'city'. So suburban means 'near the city', like the quieter neighborhoods just outside a busy city.