Urban - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɜːrbən|  American pronunciation of the word urban
Brit.  |ˈɜːb(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word urban

adjective

- relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
urban sociology
urban development
- located in or characteristic of a city or city life
urban property owners
urban affairs
urban manners

Extra examples

The government study seeks to define urban poverty.

The governor has proposed a new initiative to improve conditions in urban schools.

The committee published its diagnosis of the problems affecting urban schools.

...the expanding urban sprawl is a blight on the countryside...

...over the decades the once-respectable neighborhood had become an urban cesspool...

...the university domiciles students in a variety of buildings in and around its urban campus...

...an urban enclave of bohemians that acquired a reputation for being a hothouse of creativity...

...a woman too fond of the niceties of urban living to even consider becoming a farmer's wife...

...under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities...

...longtime residents resented the preemption of their urban neighborhood by this influx of affluent yuppies...

...a trendy boutique filled with swish accessories for the urban fashionista...

He spoke in the vernacular of an urban teenager.

Billions were needed to improve the urban infrastructure.

The story I just heard has all the earmarks of an urban legend.

Loneliness is a disease of our urban communities.

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