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Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages.
John Hickenlooper

Meaning of "metropolitan" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METROPOLITAN

metropolitan  [ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METROPOLITAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metropolitan can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES METROPOLITAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Metropolitan

Metropolitan may refer to: ▪ A metropolis ▪ A metropolitan area ▪ A metropole, "mother country", or central part of a colonizing state ▪ Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see" ▪ As a cognate, a rapid transit system in an urban area...

Definition of metropolitan in the English dictionary

The first definition of metropolitan in the dictionary is of or characteristic of a metropolis. Other definition of metropolitan is constituting a city and its suburbs. Metropolitan is also of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METROPOLITAN


Britain
ˈbrɪtən
Bulwer-Lytton
ˈbʊlwəˈlɪtən
chondroskeleton
ˈkɒndrəʊˌskɛlɪtən
cosmopolitan
ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən
cytoskeleton
ˈsaɪtəʊˌskɛlɪtən
endoskeleton
ˌɛndəʊˈskɛlɪtən
exoskeleton
ˌɛksəʊˈskɛlɪtən
heteropolitan
ˌhɛtərəˈpɒlɪtən
litten
ˈlɪtən
Liverpolitan
ˌlɪvəˈpɒlɪtən
Lytton
ˈlɪtən
megalopolitan
ˌmeɡələˈpɒlɪtən
Neapolitan
ˌnɪəˈpɒlɪtən
nonmetropolitan
ˌnɒnˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən
pentapolitan
ˌpɛntəˈpɒlɪtən
seiten
ˈsaɪtən
skeleton
ˈskɛlɪtən
technopolitan
ˌtɛknəˈpɒlɪtən
tetrapolitan
ˌtɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən
written
ˈrɪtən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METROPOLITAN

metrology
metromania
metronidazole
metronome
metronomic
metronomical
metronomically
metronymic
metroplex
metropolis
metropolitan county
metropolitan district
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Police
metropolitanate
metropolitanise
metropolitanism
metropolitanize
metropolitical
metrorrhagia

WORDS THAT END LIKE METROPOLITAN

Afghanistan
Bhutan
El Capitan
Good Samaritan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Manhattan
Pakistan
puritan
Samaritan
securitan
Shaitan
sheitan
sultan
Tajikistan
tan
Theocritan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
witan

Synonyms and antonyms of metropolitan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «METROPOLITAN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «metropolitan» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of metropolitan

Translation of «metropolitan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METROPOLITAN

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

Translator English - Chinese

大都会的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metropolitano
570 millions of speakers

English

metropolitan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महानगरीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متروبوليتان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

митрополит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metropolitano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহানগর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métropolitain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metropolitan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

großstädtisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大都市の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대도시의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metropolitan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đô thị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெருநகர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

महानगरीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büyükşehir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metropolitano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metropolitalnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

митрополит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metropolitan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μητροπολιτικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metropolitaanse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metropolitan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metropolitan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metropolitan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METROPOLITAN»

The term «metropolitan» is very widely used and occupies the 8.880 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METROPOLITAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «metropolitan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «metropolitan» 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 metropolitan

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10 QUOTES WITH «METROPOLITAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word metropolitan.
1
J. G. Ballard
I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.
2
John Bright
Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom.
3
James S. Coleman
I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district - with per pupil funds going with him.
4
Richard M. Daley
I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that it's a metropolitan area. I've said that everywhere. The uneducated child is not just my problem, it's the state's problem. It's also the federal government's problem.
5
Richard M. Daley
That's an economic development program in the metropolitan area. If they don't see that, and you don't get these things done, then you're competing with Texas and California and Atlanta; then you really have problems.
6
Debbie Harry
And living in a metropolitan area which is ethnically diverse, our lives are very complicated, so our emotional experiences are going to be varied like that.
7
John Hickenlooper
Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages.
8
Steve Israel
After 9/11, the businesses in my district and throughout the New York metropolitan area saw firsthand the result of a lack of availability of terrorism insurance.
9
John Lahr
Tony Awards boost Broadway attendance and sell the shows on the road. They're the sugar to swat the fly. If you needed more explanation for the yearly ballyhoo, in the metropolitan areas where a Broadway show plays, the local economy is boosted by three and a half times the gross ticket sales. So when we're talking Tonys, we're talking moolah.
10
Ezra Miller
Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty thrift store - but they have amazing stuff and all of their proceeds go directly to kids, mostly homeless kids, living with AIDS and HIV in New York, in the metropolitan area.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METROPOLITAN»

Discover the use of metropolitan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metropolitan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are ...
The Metropolitan Revolution is a national movement, and the book describes how it is taking root in New York City, where efforts are under way to diversify the city's vast economy; in Portland, Oregon, which is selling the "sustainability" ...
Bruce Katz, Jennifer Bradley, 2013
2
Metropolitan
Meting out the energy source known as plasm in a future world, Aiah learns of the substance's powers to heal, kill, and fulfill dreams, and when she locates an unlimited supply, she plans to overthrow her oppressive government. Reprint.
Walter J. Williams, 1996
3
Reshaping Metropolitan America: Development Trends and ...
But for this vision to become reality, the planning community needs reliable data about emerging trends and smart projections about how they will play out. Arthur C. Nelson delivers that resource in Reshaping Metropolitan America.
Arthur C. Nelson, 2013
4
Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning: Comparative ...
They are faced with numerous new pressures and problems and these often create contradictory conditions. The book provides a theoretical framework for exploring these issues and links this to a detailed investigation of each city.
W. G. M. Salet, Andy Thornley, Anton Kreukels, 2003
5
Made by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture: An ...
In these stories of invention the "Eureka!" moments are missing. They are replaced by routine gestures of model making, recycling, assembling, recollecting, rescaling.
Albena Yaneva, 2009
6
Metropolitan Natures
Thanks to its rich past, the city offers an ideal setting for the study of an evolving urban environment. Metropolitan Natures presents original histories of the diverse environments that constitue Montreal and it region.
Stéphane Castonguay, Michèle Dagenais, 2011
7
Cleveland: A Metropolitan Reader
An analysis of the political economy, social development and history of Cleveland from 1796 to the present.
William Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz, David C. Perry, 1995
8
Popular Culture: The Metropolitan Experience
First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Iain Chambers, 1986
9
Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum
All of these are handsomely represented here in freshly photographed works from the outstanding collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1998
10
Global Metropolitan: Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist World
The force of globalization is making cities change all around the world. Short's study explores how the discourse of globalization has become a major narrative in the restructuring of cities in many parts of the world.
John Rennie-Short, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METROPOLITAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term metropolitan is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Woman's body found at The Metropolitan at the 9 had no obvious …
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The body of a woman found in a hotel room at The Metropolitan at the 9 Tuesday afternoon had no apparent injuries or ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
2
Cleveland police respond to The Metropolitan at the 9 hotel after …
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Police are investigating after a dead body was discovered Tuesday at The Metropolitan at the 9. The body was found ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
3
Police confirm a woman's body was found at Metropolitan at the 9
CLEVELAND - Police confirm a woman's body was found on Tuesday at the Metropolitan at the 9 hotel in Cleveland. Police and a medical ... «newsnet5.com, Jul 15»
4
Sultans of Deccan India exhibition coming to a close at the …
NEW YORK: The landmark exhibition Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy, which opened April 20 at The Metropolitan ... «The American Bazaar, Jul 15»
5
Mayor Ballard names interim Dept. of Metropolitan Development …
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Mayor Ballard named Brad Beaubien as the interim director of the Department of Metropolitan Development. «WISH-TV, Jul 15»
6
Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority budget includes lower taxes …
The Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority on Tuesday reviewed a 2016 budget that includes a slightly reduced mill levy, despite having a ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Jul 15»
7
Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District appoints new executive director
Mayor Greg Fischer announced the appointment of Tony Parrott, who has spent the past 10 years as the head of Cincinnati's drinking and ... «WLKY Louisville, Jul 15»
8
Moody's affirms ratings on the Metropolitan Transportation …
Moody's review of the long-term joint default analysis (JDA) ratings of the Bonds resulted from Moody's upgrade of Metropolitan Transportation ... «Moodys.com, Jul 15»
9
Is 'road train' system appropriate in metropolitan areas?
The introduction of the P4.5-million “road train,” reported by the Inquirer as “another approach to easing the capital's mass transportation ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
10
Metropolitan Chorus Welcomes New Conductor for 50th Anniversary
The Metropolitan Chorus, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary ... is to “offer music enrichment in the greater Washington metropolitan area ... «ARL now, Jul 15»

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