exurb
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈɛksɜrb/
- US
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exurbio
- Living in the exurbs allows residents to escape the hustle of urban life while still being close to their jobs.
- suburbs and exurbs
- exurbs surrounding the city
- rural exurb
Examples
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The exurbs offer large backyards and a close-knit community feel for those commuting to the city.
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Living in an exurb does not make one more independent than a person in the central city.
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Every bit of the 'American dream' -- the house in the suburbs/exurbs, the cars that come with it...
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And then you get out to the exurbs, and it's pretty Republican.
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Am I really the only Awl reader who actually grew up in an exurb?
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I agree with you too about American suburbs and exurbs.
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As gas prices climb, the more remote suburbs and exurbs will shrink.
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The sprawly exurbs will not fare well; nobody should be surprised to hear.
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Houston needs to realize that billboards are for rural highways and the exurbs.
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Relatively high-density clusters of these two groups were found living in census tracts in city centers, suburbs, exurbs, and small rural towns.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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8.2
An area of houses beyond the suburbs where people travel to the city for work
Antonyms
How Remote
Surface Forms
Morphology
exurb = suburb (semi-transparent) = ex + urb
The sense 'beyond the suburbs' is predictable from 'ex-' (out/beyond) and the familiar word 'suburb', but the formation is nonstandard (replacement/analogy rather than simple prefixation), so learners may not infer it automatically.
Etymology
The word exurb comes from ex- meaning 'out' and suburb meaning 'an area near a city', so an exurb is literally a place 'outside' the suburbs — a more rural area where people often commute to the city.