city
22 ENTRIES FOUND:
- city (noun)
- city–state (noun)
- city centre (noun)
- city council (noun)
- city desk (noun)
- city editor (noun)
- city father (noun)
- city hall (noun)
- city slicker (noun)
- big–city (adjective)
- central city (noun)
- fat city (noun)
- inner city (noun)
- sister city (noun)
- Daly City (proper noun)
- Ho Chi Minh City (proper noun)
- Jersey City (proper noun)
- Kansas City (proper noun)
- Quezon City (proper noun)
- Salt Lake City (proper noun)
- Vatican City (proper noun)
- West Valley City (proper noun)
plural
cities
plural
cities
Britannica Dictionary definition of CITY
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:
a place where people live that is larger or more important than a town
:
an area where many people live and work
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major/big cities like London, Tokyo, and Rome
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ancient/modern cities
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the city of Boston
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city dwellers/streets
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a city government
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We spent the weekend in the city. [=in the nearest big city]
◊ This sense is sometimes used in the name of a city.
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New York City
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Mexico City
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Kansas City
2
a
[count]
:
the people in a city
— usually singular
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I think the entire city has heard the news by now.
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The whole city was excited about the football game.
b
the city
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the government of a city
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The city is working to make the streets safer.
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a lawsuit against the city
3
the City
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the section of London that is Great Britain's financial and business center
4
[noncount]
chiefly US, informal
— used to describe a place where there is a lot of a particular thing or activity
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Their house was pet city. [=there were a lot of pets in their house]
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It was celebration city [=there was a lot of celebration going on] at campaign headquarters last night!
the big city
— used to refer to a particular city without naming it
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see also big-city
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I grew up on a farm, so my move to the big city was a big change.
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life in the big city
