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# urban

adjective (urban)

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

## Everyday

To do with towns and cities, not the countryside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urban/#m1)

### In the lessons

In geography and science: urban areas, urban wildlife, urban and rural compared. In everyday life: urban transport, urban parks. Phrases: «urban area», «urban life», «urban myth» (a strange story many people believe but is not true).

### Examples

- Most people in the UK live in urban areas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urban/#x1)
- Foxes have learned to live in urban gardens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urban/#x2)
- Urban roads are busy at rush hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urban/#x3)
- We compared urban and rural life in geography. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urban/#x4)
- The alligator in the sewer is just an urban myth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urban/#x5)
- Urban parks give city children space to play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urban/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: rural (countryside). Suburban = on the edge of a city. Do not confuse with «urbane» (polite and smooth). «An urban area» takes «an».

## On Mova

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