built-up area
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbuilt-upandarea
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built-up
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌbɪltˈʌp/us/ˌbɪltˈʌp/
A built-up area is one where there are a lot ...
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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 ofbuilt-upandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Both settlements have a school that is located somewhat isolated at the edge of thebuilt-uparea.
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Instead of building outside the city, constructing within the alreadybuilt-upareaof the city, providing new uses and programmes.
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Newly built suburban homes at the edge of thebuilt-upareaare usually occupied by young couples at the family formation stage of the lifecycle.
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The extent of thebuilt-upareais very much as it would have been c. 1300.
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Most of these will be located in open spaces within the alreadybuilt-upareaand in rural areas on the urban fringes.
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Being located on an island has meant that physical expansion of thebuilt-upareacannot continue beyond the existing land surface available.
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Some places lost as much as half of theirbuilt-upareaalmost overnight.
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In order to catch as many local marriages as possible this population should include the city's rural hinterland as well as thebuilt-upareaitself.
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It was felt only practicable to provide this in abuilt-upareathrough a long-term planning policy including considerable redevelopment.
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It is crucial for the young person in abuilt-upareawho has no motor car and whose only facilities are in a leisure centre.
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The captain advised air traffic control that he was going to clear thebuilt-upareaand dump fuel in order to gain height.
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In abuilt-upareanoise reverberates, usually just after a conscientious father has got a baby off to sleep.
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The ideal is for the street lighting in abuilt-upareato be so good that a vehicle does not require any lights at all.
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However, if a trunk road goes through a large community—that is, abuilt-uparea—there will be a speed limit imposed, as there ought to be.
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This speed limit is to be applied to what is called abuilt-uparea, which is a place where a system of street lighting exists.
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If the overspill population is to be accommodated in an area which adjoins thebuilt-uparea, then the right solution is an extension of boundaries.
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That is a highly prized local beauty spot in an otherwisebuilt-uparea.
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My experience is that it occurs much more outside thebuilt-uparea.
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Where land is difficult to get, perhaps in abuilt-uparea, they may not even have this discretion.
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In a sense, the most highly cultivated farm is open country if we compare it with abuilt-uparea.
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