city

US: /ˈsɪti/
UK: /sˈɪti/


English Vietnamese dictionary


city /'siti/
  • danh từ
    • thành phố, thành thị, đô thị
    • dân thành thị
    • (the City) trung tâm thương nghiệp và tài chính thành phố Luân-đôn
    • (định ngữ) (thuộc) thành phố
    • (City) (định ngữ) a City man người kinh doanh, a City article bài báo bàn về tài chính và thương nghiệp, City editor người biên tập phụ trách tin tức về tài chính (trong một tờ báo)
    • Celestial City
      • Heavenly City
        • City of God
          • thiên đường
        • city state
          • thành phố độc lập và có chủ quyền (như một nước)

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun (plural cities)
1 [C] a large and important town: We live ten minutes from the city centre by bus. + one of the world's most beautiful cities + Mexico City + Manchester City Football Club
See also - INNER CITY
2 [C] (BrE) a town that has been given special rights by a king or queen, usually one that has a CATHEDRAL: the city of York
3 [C] (AmE) a town that has been given special rights by the state government
4 [sing.+sing./pl. v.] all the people who live in a city: The city turned out to welcome the victorious team home.
5 (the City) [sing.] (BrE) Britain's financial and business centre, in the oldest part of London: a City stockbroker + What is the City's reaction to the cut in interest rates?
6 [U] (informal) used after other nouns to say that a place is full of a particular thing: It's not exactly fun city here is it? + cardboard city (= full of people living in cardboard boxes because they have nowhere else to live)
Idioms see FREEDOM

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
metropolis, municipality, borough, burgh; conurbation, megalopolis; Brit urban district; see, diocese, bishopric; New Zealand urban area; Colloq town, US burg, big apple:
We gave up our flat in the city and moved to the country.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

big, large, major | small | great
Rome is one of the great cities of the world.
| ancient, historic, old | beautiful | industrial | cosmopolitan | coastal | home, native
Her native city is Tokyo.
| capital | provincial | cathedral, university | walled
the old walled city of York
| twin
Bonn is Oxford's twin city.

VERB + CITY

build, found

CITY + VERB

grow
The city grew rapidly in the nineteenth century.
| flourish

CITY + NOUN

dweller | centre, street
Parking is difficult in the city centre.
| council | life

PREP.

in a/the ~
We live in a big city.
| outside a/the ~
There's a park just outside the city.

PHRASES

the centre/middle/heart of a city, the edge/outskirts of a city


Concise English dictionary


cities'sɪtɪ
noun
+a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
+an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
+people living in a large densely populated municipality