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4 definitions • 6 examples
1
an
area
on the
edge
of a
large
town
or
city
where people who work in the
town
or
city
often
live:
Examples:
Box
Hill
is a suburb of
Melbourne
.
We
drove
from middle-class
suburbs
to a very
poor
inner-city
area
.
2
the
outer
area
of a
town
,
rather
than the
shopping
and
business
centre
in the
middle
:
Examples:
The
company
decided
to
relocate
to the
suburbs
because the
rent
was much
cheaper
.
3
an
area
outside a
city
but
near
it and consisting
mainly
of
homes
,
sometimes
also having
stores
and
small
businesses
:
Examples:
[ pl ] Most of the people who live in the
suburbs
work in the
city
.
4
an
area
on the
edge
of a
large
town
or
city
where people who work in the
town
or
city
often
live:
Examples:
The
publishing
company
relocated
out of
central
London
to the
suburbs
.
She
opened
a new
location
in the
Dallas
suburb of
Richardson
.
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