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noun ADJ. big, large, major | small | great Rome is one of the great cities of the world. | ancient, historic, old | beautiful | industrial | cosmopolitan | coastal | home, native Her native city is Tokyo. | capital | provincial | cathedral, university | walled the old walled city of York | twin Bonn is Oxford's twin city. VERB + CITY build, found CITY + VERB grow The city grew rapidly in the nineteenth century. | flourish CITY + NOUN dweller | centre, street Parking is difficult in the city centre. | council | life PREP. in a/the ~ We live in a big city. | outside a/the ~ There's a park just outside the city. PHRASES the centre/middle/heart of a city, the edge/outskirts of a city
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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place with houses, shops, and offices
city
a large area with houses, shops, offices etc that is often the centre of government for an area. A city is bigger than a town:
• The nearest big city is San Francisco.
town
a large area with houses, shops, offices etc. A town is smaller than a city:
• La Coruña is a pretty seaside town.
capital
( also capital city ) the city where the government of a country or state is:
• We travelled to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
metropolis
a big busy city that is full of people and activity:
• After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.
urban
adjective [ only before noun ] relating to towns and cities:
• Air pollution is particularly bad in urban areas. • urban development
outside part of city
the outskirts
the area around the edge of a city or just outside it:
• Disneyland is on the outskirts of Paris.
suburb
an area around the edges of a city, where many people live:
• He lives in a suburb of London. • the suburbs: More and more people are moving to the suburbs.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun
large town:
The city of Beijing is very crowded.
Simple Definitions
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city
adjectives
a big/large/major city
• They have stores in Houston, Dallas, and other big cities.
a great city
(= very important and interesting )
• Cairo is one of the world's great cities.
a capital city
(= where the government of a country or state is )
• Cuba's capital city is Havana.
somebody's home/native city
(= where they were born or grew up )
• He said that he never wanted to leave his home city.
a cosmopolitan city
(= full of people from different parts of the world )
• San Francisco is a very cosmopolitan city.
an industrial city
• Sheffield is an industrial city in the north of England.
a provincial city
(= in a part of the country that is not near the capital )
• There have been protests in the capital and in provincial cities.
an ancient city
• the ancient city of Jerusalem
a historic city
(= very old and with an interesting history )
• Budapest is a beautiful and historic city.
a cathedral city
(= with a cathedral )
• He went to university in the cathedral city of Durham.
a university city
(= with a university )
• Uppsala is a university city.
a walled city
(= surrounded by a wall )
• the old walled city of Alghero
a twin city
British English (= one that has a special relationship with a similar town in another country )
• Strasbourg is Leicester's twin city in France.
nouns
the city centre
British English , the city center American English
• The hotel is in the city centre.
the city limits
American English (= the furthest parts of the city )
• rural areas south of the city limits
a city dweller
(= someone who lives in a city )
• In the summer, city dwellers escape to the sea.
city life
• the advantages of city life
a city street
• Traffic was moving slowly along the city streets.
phrases
in the heart of a city
• The cathedral is right in the heart of the city.
the outskirts of a city
(= the edge )
• There were several bombings on the outskirts of the city.
verbs
found a city
(= start developing a new city )
• He founded the city of Baghdad in the 8th century.
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