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metro
1[ me-troh ]
noun
- the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
metro-
2- a combining form meaning “measure,” used in the formation of compound words:
metronome.
metro
3[ me-troh ]
adjective
noun
- (often initial capital letter) Chiefly Canadian. the government or jurisdiction of a large city.
metro-
4- a combining form meaning “uterus,” used in the formation of compound words:
metrorrhagia.
metro-
5- a combining form representing metropolis or metropolitan in compound words:
metroflight; metroland; Metroliner.
metro-
1combining_form
- indicating the uterus
metrorrhagia
metro-
2combining_form
- indicating a measure
metronome
metro
3/ ˈmɛtrəʊ; metro /
noun
- an underground, or largely underground, railway system in certain cities, esp in Europe, such as that in Paris
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Example Sentences
Cell phones work for voice calls just about everywhere in the Paris métro.
Note: Smartphones get data connections in some parts of the Paris Métro, but slowly.
Behaving properly means “not confusing the métro with a bathroom, even if you find the walls covered with tiles.”
After the “man-with-a-cap” shot up the Libération offices yesterday he headed to the other side of town on the Métro.
The most common sightings are of groups of young teenage girls, particularly on the Métro.
There was a Métro entrance somewhere about the Gare Montparnasse and he tried to find it.
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