26984 words

metropolis

3 definitions • 5 examples
1
a very large city, often the most important city in a large area or country:

Examples:

Soon afterwards he left to begin his career in the metropolis.
a sprawling/bustling/modern metropolis
2
a large city, esp. the main city of a country or region:

Examples:

Chicago is a major metropolis.
3
a very large city, often the most important city in a large area:

Examples:

Houston, the fourth most populous US city, is a sprawling metropolis.
As the world's first great industrial metropolis, London was also one of the first to be badly polluted.

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