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# suburb

noun (a suburb, suburbs; the suburbs)

«suburb» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A suburb is an area where people live on the edge of a city or town, mostly with houses, schools and shops rather than big offices or factories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#m1)
2. The suburbs means all such areas around a city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#m2)

### In the lessons

Geography: settlements include cities, towns, villages and suburbs; suburbs grew when trains and cars let people live further from work. Everyday life: in Australia and New Zealand people often name their suburb (e.g. Bondi is a suburb of Sydney). In stories and films, the suburbs are quiet streets with gardens and driveways.

### Examples

- We live in a suburb of Dublin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x1)
- Many people commute from the suburbs to the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x2)
- Bondi is a suburb of Sydney. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x3)
- The suburbs have more gardens than the city centre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x4)
- Our new school is in a leafy suburb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x5)
- Trains helped suburbs grow in Victorian times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x6)
- In an out-of-the-way suburb of Rome lay a tavern much visited by artists. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Adjective: suburban. Said «SUB-urb». Compare: city centre (UK) / downtown (US); countryside / rural area.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «suburb» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suburb» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suburb.html) on Mova free.