an area where people live that is outside the centre of a citya suburb of Londona London suburbThey live in the suburbs.Wordfindercityamenity,city,ghetto,high-rise,metropolitan,population,slum,suburb,town,urbanCollocationsTown and countryTownlive in a city/a town/an urban environment/(informal) a concrete jungle/the suburbs/shanty towns/slumslive(especially North American English) downtown/in the downtown area/(British English) in the city centreenjoy/like the hectic pace of life/the hustle and bustle of city lifecope with the stress/pressure of urban lifeget caught up in the rat raceprefer/seek the anonymity of life in a big citybe drawn by/resist the lure of the big cityhead for the bright lights (of the big city/New York)enjoy/love the vibrant/lively nightlifehave/be close to all the amenitiesbe surrounded by towering skyscrapers/a soulless urban sprawluse/travel by/rely on(British English) public transport/(North American English) public transportationput up with/get stuck in/sit in massive/huge/heavy/endless/constant traffic jamstackle/ease/reduce/relieve/alleviate the heavy/severe traffic congestionbe affected/choked/damaged by pollutionCountrylive in a village/the countryside/an isolated area/a rural backwater/(informal) the sticksenjoy/like the relaxed/slower pace of lifeenjoy/love/explore the great outdoorslook for/find/get/enjoy a little peace and quietneed/want to get back/closer to naturebe surrounded by open/unspoilt/picturesque countrysideescape/quit/get out of/leave the rat raceseek/achieve a better/healthy work-life balancedownshift to a less stressful lifeseek/start a new life in the country(British English,informal)up sticks/ (North American English,informal ) pull up stakes and move to/head for…create/build/foster a strong sense of communitydepend on/be employed in/work in agriculturelive off/farm/work the landtackle/address the problem of rural unemploymentOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveouter,outlying,inner,…verb + suburbmove tosuburb + verbgrowprepositionfrom the suburbs,in a/the suburb,in the suburbs,…Seefull entrySee related entries:House locationWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French suburbe or Latin suburbium, from sub- ‘near to’ + urbs, urb- ‘city’.Extra examplesAs soon as we can afford it, we’ll move to the suburbs.For a child from the suburbs, a trip to the city was a great adventure.Many people work in the centre but live in the suburbs.People often prefer to live in the suburbs and commute to work.She’s renting in a suburb of Boston.She’s renting in some grey suburb of Birmingham.The middle-class suburbs are growing fast.out beyond the sprawling suburbspeople in the surrounding suburbs and small townsthe coastal suburbs of the capitalthe mostly white suburb of Woodland Beach
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