metropolitan

noun met·ro·pol·i·tan \ ˌme-trə-ˈpä-lə-tən \

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Examples: metropolitan in a Sentence

Definition of metropolitan

1 : the primate of an ecclesiastical province

2 : one who lives in a metropolis or displays metropolitan manners or customs

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Examples of metropolitan in a Sentence

a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitans

Recent Examples of metropolitan from the Web

The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life.

— enquirer staff, Cincinnati.com, "Week in Review: It's blue ice cream season, wacky weather and more," 13 Apr. 2018
The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life.

— enquirer staff, Cincinnati.com, "Week in Review: It's blue ice cream season, wacky weather and more," 13 Apr. 2018
The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life.

— enquirer staff, Cincinnati.com, "Week in Review: It's blue ice cream season, wacky weather and more," 13 Apr. 2018
The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life.

— enquirer staff, Cincinnati.com, "Week in Review: It's blue ice cream season, wacky weather and more," 13 Apr. 2018
The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life.

— enquirer staff, Cincinnati.com, "Week in Review: It's blue ice cream season, wacky weather and more," 13 Apr. 2018
The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life.

— enquirer staff, Cincinnati.com, "Week in Review: It's blue ice cream season, wacky weather and more," 13 Apr. 2018
The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life.

— enquirer staff, Cincinnati.com, "Week in Review: It's blue ice cream season, wacky weather and more," 13 Apr. 2018
The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life.

— enquirer staff, Cincinnati.com, "Week in Review: It's blue ice cream season, wacky weather and more," 13 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of metropolitan

14th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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metropolitan Synonyms

Other Sociology Terms

bourgeois, ethos, eugenics, exurb, incommunicado, intelligentsia, megalopolis, metrosexual, mores, subculture

metropolitan

adjective

Definition of metropolitan

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

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Examples of metropolitan in a Sentence

the greater New York metropolitan area
This is one of the best seafood restaurants in metropolitan Los Angeles.

Recent Examples of metropolitan from the Web

Above all, Jenny Wilson wanted Dallas Fire-Rescue to begin recording its firefighter-to-firefighter radio channel, as virtually every other major metropolitan fire department has done for years.

— mike hendricks, kansascity, "Firefighters protect us. Who protects them?," 13 July 2018
The pattern was far murkier in Wisconsin’s 2012 Republican U.S. Senate fight, a fragmented four-way contest in which metropolitan Milwaukee divided its vote and ex-Gov.

— craig gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "GOP senate primary in Wisconsin already reflects north-south divide within party," 13 July 2018
Micheli’s defense attorney in the District, Assistant Federal Defender Tony W. Miles, declined to comment on the case, as did a spokeswoman for the Nashville metropolitan public defender’s office, including about whether Micheli has entered a plea.

— spencer s. hsu, Washington Post, "An alleged murder by absconding inmate prompts relocation of D.C. Jail prisoners to Virginia," 13 July 2018
Across the country, in both metropolitan hubs and flyover states, Amazon, FedEx, and UPS were listed in the top five companies making the most positive impact.

— grace donnelly, Fortune, "These Are the Fortune 500 Companies Loved by Both Urban and Rural America," 11 July 2018
While the data might seem to say Naperville students are facing more difficulty than those is other areas, Martinez said the statistics actually match what other large metropolitan communities are seeing.

— suzanne baker, Naperville Sun, "KidsMatter developing programs to reach stressed-out Naperville youth," 6 July 2018
Reno is still a long way from metropolitan perfection.

— harriot manley, SFChronicle.com, "Burning Man comes and goes, but the experience is year-round in Reno," 28 June 2018
This apartment is another example of metropolitan minimalism, as more and more architects are learning to get creative with the limited space that’s become synonymous with city living today.

— alex bazeley, Curbed, "355-square-foot apartment maximizes limited urban space," 28 June 2018
Surrounded by the vibrant, emerald trees that give the city its nickname, Seattle’s Ravenna Woods seem like the perfect place for homeless people to build shelter without disrupting metropolitan life.

— dae shik kim hawkins, The Atlantic, "An App for Ejecting the Homeless," 28 June 2018

Origin and Etymology of metropolitan

Middle English, from Late Latin metropolitanus of the see of a metropolitan, from metropolita, noun, metropolitan, from Late Greek mētropolitēs, from mētropolis see of a metropolitan, from Greek, capital

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First Known Use: 15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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