municipal
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4.2
- adjective
- /məˈnɪsɪpəl/
:
municipal
- This was a municipal fire department supported by tax dollars.
- municipal government
- municipal elections
- a municipal council
There are large tanks on site and the site would be connected to municipal water supplies.
- There are large tanks on site and the site would be connected to municipal water supplies.
- Overdue debts were pressing for payment, and if the city could not secure the financing, they would have to start laying off municipal workers.
- There is virtually no municipal services provided to them.
- The city couldn't get people to go into the municipal workers to go into their houses.
- But, and then they're making conjectures about, but think about the municipal water system.
Examples
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Mayors and other municipal officials in distressed cities cannot address these gaps on their own.
Academic text (2011) -
On Friday evenings during the summer, he played tuba in the municipal orchestra.
Fiction book (2000) -
There is virtually no municipal services provided to them.
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Additional trips included meetings with party officials and municipal officials.
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I got these from the restroom at the municipal building in my town.
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In most industrialized countries, water is processed and delivered through municipal facilities.
Academic text (2011) -
And all the while, he managed a saltworks and other municipal responsibilities.
Fiction book (1992) -
Evidently, coordination with the municipal government depends on the officials elected to municipal posts.
Academic text (1999) -
Then it got dark as night, and they blew the siren atop the municipal water tower.
Fiction book (1991) -
The city's municipal government has announced new regulations for public parks.
Synonyms
149
3.2
Relating to a city, its people, and their community duties
Compounds
- Specialized
10
4.4
A loan a city or state sells to pay for public projects, often free from federal taxes
1
3.8
The central area of a city where the city government has offices like the council and main library
How Wide
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2.1
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2.0
37
5.6
141
4.2
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
municipal = municip + al
The stem 'municip-' is a Latin combining form not a familiar standalone English word, so learners who know 'city' or 'town' cannot reliably deduce 'municipal' from native English vocabulary.
Etymology
Municipal comes from the Latin municipium, and that word included munus, which meant 'duty' or 'service' that people owed to their town. So municipal today describes things that belong to a town or its local government.