Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A subway system.
- adj. Metropolitan: metro Los Angeles.
- n. A metropolitan area: "This metro ranks number one in unemployment” ( American Demographics).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of a series of decimal submultiples of the meter: as, metro -sixteen, the sixteenth of this series of metros. See the extract and uno.
Wiktionary
- n. An underground railway.
- n. A train that runs on such an underground railway.
- n. An urban rapid transit light railway
- n. A train that runs on such a railway.
- n. A metropolitan area.
- adj. Metropolitan.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
Etymologies
- Abbreviation of metropolitan. (Wiktionary)
- French métro, short for (chemin de fer) métropolitain, metropolitan (railway), from Late Latin mētropolītānus; see metropolitan. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The term metro is perhaps used loosely," Skryja said.”
“The place to get sushi in the metro is actually Ichiban Sushi at 11809 College Blvd Overland Park, KS 66210.”
“It's kind of the last area in what we call the metro area that doesn't have a facility like that close by," Wallace said.”
“Well … I remember as a sprog err … student officer 20-ish years ago, being on the New Years Eve van in metro city … I had more kisses from lovely young girls (of course I was closer to their age then) on that night than I did in the following year.”
Oh How We Laughed……But Not Too Loudly. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
“But in metro Washington, the Redskins can count on the support of only 56 percent of voters.”
The Washington Post: Ravens beat Redskins in poll of Maryland voters
“WASHINGTON (AP, BY ALAN ZIBEL) -- Home prices are weakening around the country, even in metro areas that were showing strength earlier in the year.”
The Huffington Post: Case-Shiller Index: Home Prices Fall In August As Market Shows Signs Of Trouble
“WASHINGTON (AP, BY ALAN ZIBEL) -- Home prices are weakening around the country, even in metro areas that were showing strength earlier in the year ....”
The Huffington Post: Case-Shiller Index: Home Prices Fall In August As Market Shows Signs Of Trouble
“A smart - city - of 680,000 and a million metro is a good place to start.”
“Things are even worse in metro-areas, which are cobbled together from what used to many geographically smaller markets.”
“And yet to hear many people tell it, Radosta - whose home in metro Atlanta is scheduled for foreclosure by Bank of America - is making out like a bandit because there's a possibility he might get a loan modification.”
The Washington Post: Seeking loan modifications shouldn't make homeowners target of scorn
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘metro’.
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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Masthead Staples
Words from newspaper names/titles. Not the place names or titles of specific publications, just the reusable bits.
times, courier, advocate, news, telegraph, mirror, mail, bulletin, the, post, tribune, chronical and 108 more...
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kant's Words
mandrágora, doppelganger, sinestesia, baladí, adriático, chanson, correveidile, angster, dèja vu, otredad, grasshopper, republic and 1074 more...
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Go Commuter Go Go Go!
Public transportation.
subway, metro, el, train, bus, trolley, jitney, ferry, tram, shuttle, light rail, dollar van and 11 more...
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Station-ary
I seek my station in life/words.
to station, train, work, space, waste transfer, wagon, radio, house, of the cross, television, in life, central and 21 more...
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City Slickers
metropolitan, metropolis, megalopolis, megacity, town, village, hamlet, neighborhood, urban, suburban, commute, metro and 15 more...
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Sara-Beth's words
Words that Sara-Beth uses that she thinks are commonplace but instead betray her Francophone upbringing.
trio, terrace, poutine, metro, dépanneur, technique, tournedos
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searcher
plastic, metro, raven, park, hill, forest, castle, oak, lion, pile, heap, nothern and 12 more...
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