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adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting a metropolis or large city: "the Boston metropolitan area"
- 2. relating to or denoting the parent state of a colony: "metropolitan Spain"
noun
- 1. a bishop having authority over the bishops of a province, in particular (in Orthodox Churches) one ranking above archbishop and below patriarch: "the post of Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina"
- 2. an inhabitant of a metropolis or large city: "a sophisticated metropolitan"
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metropolitan | American Dictionary. adjective. us / ˌme·trəˈpɑl·ɪ·t ə n / Add to word list. of or in a large city: the Boston metropolitan area.
1. : of or constituting a metropolitan or his see. 2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis and sometimes including its suburbs. 3. : of, relating to, or constituting a mother country as distinguished from a colony. Synonyms. Noun. city slicker. cosmopolitan. cosmopolite. slicker. sophisticate.
adjective. us / ˌme·trəˈpɑl·ɪ·t ə n / Add to word list. of or in a large city: the Boston metropolitan area.
Metropolitan definition: of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.. See examples of METROPOLITAN used in a sentence.
The adjective metropolitan describes something that's characteristic of a city. You really enjoy metropolitan life — there's always something happening, and you can walk or take the subway anywhere you want to go.
Definition of metropolitan adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Sociology) of or characteristic of a metropolis. 2. (Human Geography) constituting a city and its suburbs: the metropolitan area. 3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Also: metropolitical of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis.
of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, esp. in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc. 2. of or pertaining to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities. the New York metropolitan area.
METROPOLITAN definition: relating to a large city: . Learn more.
METROPOLITAN meaning: of or relating to a large city and the surrounding cities and towns.
