MEANING
A large city that acts as an important center of activity for a wider area.
Use it for
Urban scale; regional influence; anonymity among crowdsContrast metropolitan opportunity or anonymity with a smaller home community.
Words that belong together
- bustling metropolis
- financial metropolis
- modern metropolis
On the page
The metropolis attracted musicians who could find no audience in their hometowns.
From the overnight bus, the metropolis seemed to have no sleeping hours.
A century earlier, this regional metropolis had been a modest trading port.
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Word forms
- Base
- metropolis
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Emphasizes scale and central importance; more elevated than city. It does not necessarily mean a national capital. Plural: metropolises. No other inflection applies to this noun.
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