Metro
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area. general
"He is going to the stadium by metro."
- 2 A metropolitan area.
"In an age of persistently high inequality, work in high-cost metros catering to the whims of the wealthy—grooming them, stretching them, feeding them, driving them—has become one of the fastest-growing industries. […] Relationships between the classes, once mediated through the household, are now managed through an app that serves a large metro area."
- 3 an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) wordnet
- 4 An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems. uncommon
"Informs how long the passenger has to wait for the next metro"
- 1 metropolitan
- 1 A city in Lampung, Indonesia.
Antonyms
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More examples"The metro honked at me this morning."
Etymology
From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the Paris Métro. This name was a direct translation of "Metropolitan Railway", which was the original name of the earliest part of the London Underground, constructed in 1863.
Clipping of metropolitan.
From Indonesian Metro.