met·ro·pol·i·tan
ˌme-trə-ˈpä-lə-tən 
1
: the primate of an ecclesiastical province
2
: one who lives in a metropolis or displays metropolitan manners or customs
1
: of or constituting a metropolitan or his see
2
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis and sometimes including its suburbs
3
: of, relating to, or constituting a mother country as distinguished from a colony
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Examples of metropolitan in a Sentence
Noun
a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitans
Adjective
the greater New York metropolitan area
This is one of the best seafood restaurants in metropolitan Los Angeles.
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Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2024
This dynamism correlates with the bedrock of talent available to both metropolitans, which have a handful of America’s top universities on their doorsteps.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2024
Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
As Fortune previously reported, an analysis from Redfin published earlier this month found home prices are falling in four major metropolitan areas across the country from a year earlier as demand dampens—and three are in Texas.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 June 2024
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Noun
While much of the US is chopped up to compact metropolitans or rural farmland, the best beaches across the U.S. offer the most breathtaking views the country has to offer.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2024
This dynamism correlates with the bedrock of talent available to both metropolitans, which have a handful of America’s top universities on their doorsteps.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2024
Adjective
By January 2022, 600 restaurants across the Bay Area and Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area were slinging the meat-free sandwiches.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
As Fortune previously reported, an analysis from Redfin published earlier this month found home prices are falling in four major metropolitan areas across the country from a year earlier as demand dampens—and three are in Texas.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 June 2024
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“Metropolitan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metropolitan. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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metropolitan
1 of 2 noun
met·ro·pol·i·tan
ˌme-trə-ˈpäl-ət-ᵊn
1
: the head of a church province
2
: one who lives in a metropolis or who has metropolitan manners or customs
metropolitan
2 of 2 adjective1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis
2
: of or relating to a city and the densely populated surrounding areas
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