Rural - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈrʊrəl|  American pronunciation of the word rural
Brit.  |ˈrʊər(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word rural

adjective

- living in or characteristic of farming or country life
rural people
large rural households
unpaved rural roads
an economy that is basically rural
- of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city
rural electrification
rural free delivery

Extra examples

She lives in a rural area.

...grew up in a rural community where more than half the people were farmers...

It's very rural round here, isn't it ?

The rural population of America

They are working to stop the spread of disease in rural areas.

We live on a rural route.

Many of the rural areas still aren't electrified.

The suburbs encroach further into the rural areas each year.

...computer equipment that would be prohibitively expensive, given the rural school's exiguous resources...

The program supports economic advancement in rural areas.

...she had grown up in such rural insulation that she'd never met anyone of a different race...

...complained that he had to drive for hours to find any sort of cultural aliment when visiting his parents' rural home...

...a sudden onrush of development in an area that was rural until very recently...

...pursued a rewarding career providing medical care to poor children in rural areas...

...a simple and unpretentious account about growing up in the rural South...

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