Definition of rural
: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture
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Examples of rural in a Sentence
She lives in a rural area.
grew up in a rural community where more than half the people were farmers
Recent Examples of rural from the Web
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So Roe moved Zook, a Vietnam-era Navy veteran, into a VA home an hour away in a rural, wooded swath of Tuskegee.
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Six patients, usually men, are initially placed at a rural retreat and weaned off electronics while being taught how to socialize and exercise.
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With his father in and out of jail and drug wars all around him that took the lives of friends and other family members, Luis Colon understood despair growing up in rural Carolina, Puerto Rico.
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Kneale depicts the city as its various attackers encountered it: Gauls, arriving naked on horseback, found a nearly rural settlement; the Visigoths, invading eight centuries later, laid waste to unimaginable architectural marvels.
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Beijing earlier drew up a list of $50 billion in U.S. products that would face retaliatory tariffs, including beef and soybeans, a shot at Trump's supporters in rural America.
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There are communities — the African-American community, rural America, middle America, women — that have been excluded from this extraordinary potential.
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Vista features a relaxed rural atmosphere with a variety of beers that range from lagers to wild ales.
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MacManus identified these key base constituencies for the Republicans: rural voters, older voters, Hispanic voters, suburban voters, gun owners, conservative religious communities, agricultural areas, working class whites and small business owners.
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Origin and Etymology of rural
Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin ruralis, from rur-, rus open land — more at room
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RURAL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of rural for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to the country and the people who live there instead of the city
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Definition of rural for Students
: relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture
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