floating city

collocation in English

meaningsoffloatingandcity

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floating
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfləʊ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈfloʊ.t̬ɪŋ/
not fixed in one position, place, ...
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city
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.i/us
/ˈsɪt̬.i/
a ...
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(Definition offloatingandcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The short teaser trailer showed a vast verticalfloatingcity(as opposed to the original's horizontal floating city), improved graphics and possible adversaries or allies.
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This event revealed thefloatingcitywas a heavily armed aerial battleship, capable of unleashing devastation across the world.
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Thisfloatingcityis the last defense of humanity against a sudden onslaught of dark, foul creatures.
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The objective of the participants is to design and build the base for afloatingcity.
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Their environment can best be described as afloatingcity.
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The world consists of vast oceans, a few islands, and floating cities.
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Much of the population lives in floating cities in the sky.
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The closest things to a seastead that have been built so far are large ocean-going ships sometimes called floating cities, and smaller floating islands.
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Due to human intervention, various animals and machines now have human-like intelligence and the people reside in large floating cities called city-ships.
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Only the very tops of mountains protrude above sea-level and everyone lives in floating cities.
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They build large floating cities on their lakes, and networks of wind-powered water pumps around them.
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