city
a large or important town.
(in the U.S.) an incorporated municipality, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen.
the inhabitants of a city collectively: The entire city is mourning his death.
(in Canada) a municipality of high rank, usually based on population.
(in Great Britain) a borough, usually the seat of a bishop, upon which the dignity of the title has been conferred by the crown.
the City,
the major metropolitan center of a region; downtown: I'm going to the City to buy clothes and see a show.
the commercial and financial area of London, England.
a city-state.
(often initial capital letter)Slang. a place, person, or situation having certain features or characteristics (used in combination): The party last night was Action City. That guy is dull city.
Origin of city
1synonym study For city
Other words from city
- cit·y·less, adjective
- cit·y·like, adjective
- in·ter·cit·y, adjective
- min·i·cit·y, noun, plural min·i·cit·ies.
- outcity, noun, plural out·cit·ies.
- pro·cit·y, adjective
- sub·cit·y, noun, plural sub·cit·ies.
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How to use city in a sentence
When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.
As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.
Dental leaders barnstormed the state, and cities began to fluoridate.
You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSan Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftThe endless miles of railways, the vast apparatus of the factories, the soaring structures of the cities bear easy witness to it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockHow great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and stretched out swords against the cities?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land shall be left desolate.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThey speak of a certain Norumbega and give the names of cities and strongholds of which to-day no trace or even report remains.
British Dictionary definitions for city (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsɪtɪ) /
any large town or populous place
(in Britain) a large town that has received this title from the Crown: usually the seat of a bishop
(in the US) an incorporated urban centre with its own government and administration established by state charter
(in Canada) a similar urban municipality incorporated by the provincial government
an ancient Greek city-state; polis
the people of a city collectively
(modifier) in or characteristic of a city: a city girl; city habits
Origin of city
1Other words from city
- Related adjectives: civic, urban, municipal
British Dictionary definitions for City (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsɪtɪ) /
short for City of London : the original settlement of London on the N bank of the Thames; a municipality governed by the Lord Mayor and Corporation. Resident pop: 7186 (2001)
the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
the various financial institutions located in this area
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