metropolitan area
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmetropolitanandarea
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metropolitan
adjective
uk/ˌmet.rəˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/us/ˌmet.rəˈpɑː.lə.tən/
relating to a ...
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area
noun
uk/ˈeə.ri.ə/us/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofmetropolitanandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmetropolitan area
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These regional differences mean that the unfolding stories in eachmetropolitanareaare quite distinctive.
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Unlike the other two indicators, living in ametropolitanareaincreases the probability of higher debts.
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All participants attended preschool programmes in the suburbs of a majormetropolitanarea.
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It was reported also that 35 per cent of supermarkets belonging to chains in themetropolitanareawere affected.
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The children were recruited from schools and community language programs in a multiculturalmetropolitanarea.
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Preschool-age children were recruited through newspaper advertisements and flyers to licensed day care facilities in a largemetropolitanarea.
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For architects, advances in computing technology will assist small firms that want to expand their territory beyond the localmetropolitanarea.
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Being in ametropolitanarea, marriedcouple family, being college-educated and having more assets results in a lower probability of hardship.
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The informants came from all sections of the city, including villages in outlying sectors of themetropolitanarea.
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Today they can be found in almost every majormetropolitanarea.
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The best they could do, we were told, was to refer us to a clinic in themetropolitanareaa couple of hours away.
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Both are recruited from the same parent population in themetropolitanarea.
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Location of residence was divided into metropolitan versus rural area, with themetropolitanareaas the reference category.
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The book contains interesting and useful detail about the localmetropolitanarea, with fascinating vignettes of the lives of her selected upper-class families.
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The weak-peripheral nuclei can take part in the life of themetropolitanareawhen the central city is divided into autonomous sectors of similar entities.
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The degree to which there are differences among ethnic groups in structural effects, therefore, may depend upon the degree of segregation in themetropolitanarea.
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More students can engage in such activities when the schools in ametropolitanareahave not been consolidated.
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Participants were recruited from a major urban community through newspaper announcements and flyers to preschools and day cares in themetropolitanarea.
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Two thirds lived in ametropolitanarea.
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The schools were open to members of the university as well as to the larger community, and they were located in a majormetropolitanareain the southwest.
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