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urban
[ur-buhn]
adjective
of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
densely populated urban areas.
living, located, or taking place in a city.
urban rooftop gardening.
characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified.
He’s an urban type—I can’t picture him enjoying a whole week at our cabin in the woods.
of or relating to the experience, lifestyle, or culture of African Americans living in economically depressed inner-city neighborhoods.
Their first album had a hard, urban vibe.
Offensive., (used as a euphemism for Black or African American, rather than in reference to cities or their residents).
a drug problem that particularly impacts the urban residents in this small town.
urban
/ ˈɜːbən /
adjective
of, relating to, or constituting a city or town
living in a city or town
(of music) emerging and developing in densely populated areas of large cities, esp those populated by people of African or Caribbean origin Compare rural
Other Word Forms
- antiurban adjective
- nonurban adjective
- semiurban adjective
- unurban adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of urban1
Example Sentences
“You don’t have that anymore if you have taken all those folks and just drawn them into urban voters districts.”
This is the great lesson of failed urban governance that Democrats won’t acknowledge.
Such conversations are becoming increasingly common as demand for weight-loss drugs explodes in urban India - a country with the world's second-largest number of overweight adults and more than 77 million people with Type 2 diabetes.
The indictments are a promising way for the Administration to attack urban crime and restore order to public spaces.
The investigators described artificial light at night, often called nighttime light pollution, as nearly universal in modern urban settings.
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