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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlɪtən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(me′trə pol′i tn)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
met•ro•pol•i•tan /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlɪtən/USA pronunciation   adj. 
    1. of or relating to a metropolis:Storms are expected in the metropolitan area tonight.
    2. of or like a metropolis in being sophisticated:a metropolitan outlook.
    See -polis-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
met•ro•pol•i•tan  (me′trə pol′i tn),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, esp. in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
  2. of or pertaining to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities:the New York metropolitan area.
  3. pertaining to or constituting a mother country.
  4. Religionpertaining to an ecclesiastical metropolis.

n. 
  1. an inhabitant of a metropolis.
  2. a person who has the sophistication, fashionable taste, or other habits and manners associated with those who live in a metropolis.
  3. Religion[Eastern Ch.]the head of an ecclesiastical province.
  4. Religionan archbishop in the Church of England.
  5. Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]an archbishop who has authority over one or more suffragan sees.
  6. Ancient History(in ancient Greece) a citizen of the mother city or parent state of a colony.
  • Greek mētropolí̄t(ēs) (see metropolis, -ite1) + Latin -ānus -an
  • Late Latin mētropolītānus of, belonging to a metropolis
  • Middle English 1300–50
met′ro•pol′i•tan•ism, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
metropolitan /ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən/ adj
  1. of or characteristic of a metropolis
  2. constituting a city and its suburbs
  3. Also: metropolitical of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis
  4. of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories: metropolitan France
 n
    • the head of an ecclesiastical province, ranking between archbishop and patriarch
    • an archbishop
    • an archbishop or bishop having authority in certain matters over the dioceses in his province
ˌmetroˈpolitanism n
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
met•ro1 /ˈmɛtroʊ/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ros. [often: Metro]
  1. Transportthe underground railway of certain cities, as Washington, D.C., and Paris, France:[countable] Compare the metros in both cities.[uncountable]You can get there by metro.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
met•ro1  (me′trō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. (often cap.)
  1. Transportthe underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
  2. Transportsubway (def. 1).
  • French métro, short for chemin de fer métropolitain metropolitan railroad
  • 1900–05

met•ro2  (me′trō),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -ros. [Informal.]
adj. 
  1. Informal Termsmetropolitan (defs. 1, 2).

n. 
  1. Informal Termsmetropolis (defs. 1, 2).
  2. Informal Terms, British Terms(often cap.) [Chiefly Canadian.]the government or jurisdiction of a large city.
  • 1900–05; by shortening; or independent use of metro-3

metro-1 ,
  1. a combining form meaning "measure,'' used in the formation of compound words:metronome.
  • combining form representing Greek métron measure

metro-2 ,
  1. a combining form meaning "uterus,'' used in the formation of compound words:metrorrhagia.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] metr-. 
  • combining form representing Greek mé̄tra womb

metro-3 :
  1. a combining form representing metropolis or metropolitan in compound words:metroflight;metroland;Metroliner.

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