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Meaning of "commuter town" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMMUTER TOWN

commuter town  [kəˈmjuːtə taʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMUTER TOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Commuter town is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMMUTER TOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

commuter town

Commuter town

A commuter town, also known as an exurb, bedroom community, a dormitory town or dormitory suburb, or less commonly a dormitory village, suggests that residents sleep in these neighborhoods, but normally work elsewhere; they also suggest that these communities have little commercial or industrial activity beyond a small amount of retail, oriented toward serving the residents.

Definition of commuter town in the English dictionary

The definition of commuter town in the dictionary is a town that is home mainly to commuters.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMMUTER TOWN


Allentown
ˈælənˌtaʊn
Bridgetown
ˈbrɪdʒˌtaʊn
Charlottetown
ˈʃɑːlətˌtaʊn
Chinatown
ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn
downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn
Freetown
ˈfriːˌtaʊn
Georgetown
ˈdʒɔːdʒˌtaʊn
Jamestown
ˈdʒeɪmzˌtaʊn
Kingstown
ˈkɪŋzˌtaʊn
midtown
ˈmɪdˌtaʊn
Motown
ˈməʊˌtaʊn
Newtown
ˈnjuːtaʊn
out-of-town
ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn
Provincetown
ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn
Queenstown
ˈkwiːnzˌtaʊn
small-town
ˌsmɔːlˈtaʊn
town
taʊn
uptown
ˈʌpˈtaʊn
Yorktown
ˈjɔːkˌtaʊn
Youngstown
ˈjʌŋzˌtaʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMUTER TOWN

communization
communize
commutability
commutable
commutableness
commutate
commutation
commutation ticket
commutative
commutatively
commutativity
commutator
commute
commuter
commuter belt
commuter line
commuter marriage
commuter-belt
commuting
commutual

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMUTER TOWN

boom town
chief town
company town
Cookstown
county town
garrison town
ghost town
go to town
hick town
home town
man about town
market town
new town
on the town
one-horse town
post town
resort town
shanty town
small town
spa town
twin town

Synonyms and antonyms of commuter town in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «commuter town» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMMUTER TOWN

Find out the translation of commuter town to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of commuter town from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «commuter town» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

通勤小镇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ciudad del viajero
570 millions of speakers

English

commuter town
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कम्यूटर शहर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلدة ركاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пригородных город
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cidade dormitório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রবাসীদের শহর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ville de banlieue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bandar komuter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pendlerstadt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベッドタウン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통근 마을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kutha komuter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thị trấn đi lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயணிகள் நகரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रवासी नगर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Banliyö kasabası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

comune di pendolari
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podmiejskich miasto
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приміських місто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oraș de navetiști
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πόλη μετακινούμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pendelaar dorp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pendlarstad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pendler byen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of commuter town

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMUTER TOWN»

The term «commuter town» is normally little used and occupies the 124.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMUTER TOWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «commuter town» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «commuter town» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about commuter town

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMUTER TOWN»

Discover the use of commuter town in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to commuter town and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Town: Town, Market Town, Commuter Town, Satellite Town,
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
2
Commuter Town
A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commute out to earn their livelihood.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2009
3
Rural Geography: Village, Types of Rural Communities, Farm, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
4
The New Transit Town: Best Practices In Transit-Oriented ...
Commuter Town A commuter town is a freestanding community outside ofthe conurbation, served by rail or bus commuter service to the downtown core. The station area can be developed as a “main street" center, with neighborhood retail,  ...
Hank Dittmar, Gloria Ohland, 2012
5
Migration and Citizenship Attribution: Politics and Policies ...
Description of the 14 case studies Ratio of Ratio of Muslim Cases Rejection rates Dominant UC Type of municipality Inhabitants foreigners candidates Unemployment rates 1 0 0.16 Small industrial and commuter town 10,803 17 0 1.8 2 l 0.47 ...
Maarten Peter Vink, 2013
6
Urban Sprawl: Commuter Town, Conurbation, Daily Urban ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
7
Step Up Contrasting UK Loc Llandu
Houses in a commuter town are often expensive, because the city workers who want to live there with their families can afford high prices. These people are on their way home from work in London. Try listing some differences you think there  ...
Ruth Nason, Julia Roche, 2005
8
The Rough Guide to Britain
Henley is a good-looking, affluent commuter town that is at its prettiest among the old brick and stone buildings that flank the short main drag, Hart Street. At one end of Hart Street is the Market O O - o ^ I 0 Place and its large and fetching Town  ...
Matthew Teller, 2004
9
Towns in Trafford
The Bridgewater Canal reached the town in 1765, providing transport for goods and people, stimulating Sale's urbanisation. The arrival of the railway in 1849 triggered Sale's growth as a commuter town for Manchester and beyond, leading to ...
By Wikipedians
10
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
Fanwood, New jersey, is still an important commuter town. 0 commuter flightlairlinelbus, etc. They caught a commuterflight to Boston in the morning. com' muter 'belt noun [C] mainly UK an area around a city where many people who work in the ...
Cambridge University Press, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMUTER TOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term commuter town is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bill would create a defense in housing suits
We are a commuter town,” he said. “Our residents also do not want to live where there is a new development everywhere you turn your head.”. «Tri-Town News, Jul 15»
2
Leamington is a 'super town' – and that's official
The top London commuter town for workers was Lewes in East Sussex, followed by Saffron Walden in Essex in second place, and Midhurst in ... «Leamington Observer, Jul 15»
3
Framlingham residents urged to “continue the fight” in appeals for …
... Felixstowe and at Sizewell, so the town would become a commuter town. It's identity would be eroded as a medieval historic market town. «East Anglian Daily Times, Jul 15»
4
Interview: Ken Brown, the elusive butterfly of golf
... which for Brown, 58, is Harpenden, a pretty commuter town with Roman remains as well as slightly more current glimmers of footballer bling. «Scotsman, Jul 15»
5
Moody's downgrades Ridgefield Park SD, NJ's GO to A3 from A1 …
Continued structural imbalance. OBLIGOR PROFILE. The Ridgefield Park School District is a commuter town located near New York City. «Moodys.com, Jul 15»
6
Building Briefs – June 29th
Located on Edinburgh Road, to the east of the commuter town's bustling High Street, the site of the former petrol filling station had been vacant ... «Scottish Construction Now, Jun 15»
7
Northampton is the latest UK town to suffer from an unflattering TV …
... ghetto poseur actually hailed from the boring commuter town of Staines. But perhaps nowhere got it quite as bad as Slough did in The Office. «The Independent, Jun 15»
8
Marge Medd makes education her life's work
We grew up on Long Island in Manhasset, which is a commuter town 16 miles east of the city. It was my parents dream come true to live there. «Lewiston Sun Journal, Jun 15»
9
€2.7m for site in Ratoath
Ratoath has become an important commuter town for Dublin city and has an excellent bus service. Wed, Jun 24, 2015, 01:00. First published: ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
10
How much will the new GO Station drive development?
Plus, all-day service connects Hamilton not just as a commuter town but as a destination, he said. "You want people from Toronto to come to ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»

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