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.

— sarah brookbank, Cincinnati.com, "U.S. News: Cincinnati in top 50 of Best Places to Live 2018," 10 Apr. 2018
But polls show Moscow’s metropolitan, middle-class youth are far from representative of Russia as a whole.

— francesca ebel, BostonGlobe.com, "Breaking mold, some Russian youth speak out against Putin," 15 Mar. 2018
But the partnership with a specific metropolitan is less common.

— dee-ann durbin, Detroit Free Press, "Ford to test fleet of self-driving cars in Miami," 27 Feb. 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

The Sacramento metropolitan area is expected to lead the country this year in growth of new apartment units, new data show.

— tony bizjak, sacbee, "How popular is Sacramento among millennials? City makes a big turnaround in ranking," 6 June 2018
The discrepancy between the two metropolitan areas is one reason Northern California politicians have done so well in statewide elections.

— john myers, latimes.com, "What to watch for in California's primary Tuesday," 5 June 2018
The majority of alumni from these four local universities – between 80 and 90 percent –end up in one of the 70 major metropolitan areas in the country.

— kate murphy, Cincinnati.com, "Interactive: Where Cincinnati area graduates move after college," 5 June 2018
After the event, research by economists Robert Baade and Victor Matheson instead found the nine metropolitan areas that hosted, including Boston, lost in aggregate at least $5.5 billion, and as much as $9.26 billion.

— cameron smith, BostonGlobe.com, "Should we let Robert Kraft bring the 2026 FIFA World Cup to Boston?," 5 June 2018
In large metropolitan areas, those types of buyers generally want a single-family home, but land is scarce.

— lisa j. huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, "South Florida townhouse construction heats up," 5 June 2018
In the metropolitan area, the southern tip of Staten Island overlooks the Arthur Kill and Raritan Bay, and represents the southernmost part of the glacial rise.

— william j. broad, New York Times, "How the Ice Age Shaped New York," 5 June 2018
Virtually every metropolitan area faces a shortage of talent across any number of disciplines.

— kansascity, "Jean Paul Bradshaw," 5 June 2018
The largest urban study of coyotes in the world is happening just a few hours west of metro Detroit in another large metropolitan area — Chicago.

— christina hall, Detroit Free Press, "Small dogs no match for coyotes in metro Detroit, attacks on the rise," 4 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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