urban area
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈɜrbən ˈɛəriə/
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zona urbana
- First, replication of this study in larger urban areas may yield different findings.
- live in urban areas
- people living in urban areas
- rural and urban areas
It's still Iraqi urban areas right there.
- It's still Iraqi urban areas right there.
- I wanted to dignify the lives of people that we kind of write off in urban areas because they're poor.
- So the same principles in rural areas now have to be applied in urban areas where the virus is now spread.
- And these days without formal education, it's hard to advance in the urban areas.
- And so very soon this this spread very rapidly in, in this dense, these dense urban areas.
- Again, speeding up traffic within an urban area means people can make more trips but also there's a cost associated with that.
- But The thing is I would say that journalists in non urban areas are under more threat and I want to link that to the chronic threat.
- We have a huge uptick in most American urban areas and put in violence.
Examples
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Many people prefer to live in an urban area where public transportation is readily available.
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For example, both our case studies were set in large, urban areas with many students affected by poverty.
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Places like that are common in urban areas.
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Yes, and not just in the urban areas.
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It's better in urban areas than in rural areas.
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As of 2008, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas.
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Public hospitals, particularly those in large urban areas, present yet another perspective on drug abuse.
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Most population growth is concentrated in urban areas, which traditionally have been hot spots of metal pollution.
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Moving to an urban area may expose movers to a wider range of opportunities.
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Full-service restaurants may be more likely to offer a wider variety of cuisines in urban areas than in rural areas.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
A large town where many people live and work that has its own local government
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5.2
A very large important city that is the main center in a region or country
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3.4
A large city where many people live and work
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3.9
A very large city with more than ten million people and many jobs and services
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8.1
A very large area where several cities and towns meet and many people live
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8.9
A large area where several towns or cities grow together into one continuous urban area
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A very large city formed when several towns join, often imagined as very modern
Antonyms
How Urban
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a region characterized by city life' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'urban' (pertaining to city life) with 'area' (a region); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the compound meaning. This adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows standard, transparent semantic combination patterns.
Etymology
Urban area combines urban, an old word meaning 'city', and area, meaning 'space' or region. This creates a picture of a place full of buildings, streets, and people close together, so it means a place like a 'town or city' rather than the 'countryside'.