Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a suburb.
- adjective Located or residing in a suburb.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the culture, customs, and manners typical of life in the suburbs.
- noun A suburbanite.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in the suburbs of a city.
- noun One who dwells in the suburbs of a city.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city.
- noun One who dwells in the suburbs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the
outskirts of a city.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
Etymologies
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Examples
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For those of you that don't -- aren't familiar with the term suburban sprawl specifically the way they defined it: areas that don't mix housing, shopping, and workplaces in the same area.
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Now what I'd like you to do is instead the word suburban that we have in there, it's a bit of a misnomer, really think of it as Waltham as a concentration.
unknown title 2011
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Two songs on it had the word "suburban" in the title, for those without ears.
NYT > Home Page By JON CARAMANICA 2011
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Two songs on it had the word "suburban" in the title, for those without ears.
NYT > Home Page By JON CARAMANICA 2011
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She worked for several medical offices in suburban Maryland before joining the Iranian interests section of the Pakistan Embassy in the 1980s.
June Carol Interrante, Accountant Post 2010
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Christopher Nicholas: My polling place in suburban Harrisburg was doing a very brisk business at mid morning.
Elections 2010: Will the Republicans take over House, Senate? Christopher Nicholas 2010
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People living in suburban Phoenix are out of touch with what “real life” is like in “much” of America.
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House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), poised to become speaker if Republicans take control of the chamber, cast his ballot at West Chester Nazarene Church in suburban Cincinnati.
Voters cast their ballots in 2010 elections Michael A. Fletcher 2010
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Even in suburban Detroit there was no trouble finding off-the-books contractors and workers.
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You want to be stared at like a weirdo; being a pedestrian in suburban America is an excellent way to make that happen.
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