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Meaning of 'urban' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Urban [ a.]
- Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
- Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.

Meaning of 'urban' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . urban [ a]
Meaning (1):
- located in or characteristic of a city or city life
Example in sentence:
  • urban affairs;
  • urban manners;
  • urban property owners
Meaning (2):
- relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
Example in sentence:
  • urban development;
  • urban sociology

Nearby Words:

urbane urbaniste urbanity urbanize urbicolae urbicolous

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