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Urban Process Adjective Bre ˈɜːbən ˈɜːrbən Damage Rural

Word urban
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈɜːbən / NAmE / ˈɜːrbən /
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  • damage to both urban and rural environments
  • urban areas
  • urban life
  • urban development (= the process of building towns and cities or making them larger)
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urban

(adjective)BrE / ˈɜːbən / NAmE / ˈɜːrbən /
  1. connected with a town or city
    • compare rural
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rural
    • damage to both urban and rural environments
    • urban areas
    • urban life
    • urban development (= the process of building towns and cities or making them larger)
    • urban renewal/regeneration (= the process of improving the buildings, etc. in the poor parts of a town or city)
    • efforts to control urban sprawl (= the spread of city buildings into the countryside)
  2. connected with types of music such as rhythm and blues and reggae that are played by black musicians
    • today’s urban music scene
    • urban radio shows

    Word Origin

    • early 17th cent.: from Latin urbanus, from urbs, urb- ‘city’.
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