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# metropolis

«metropolis» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very large, important city, often the main city of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (metropolis, metropolises)

### meaning for a pupil

A very large, important city, often the main city of a country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metropolis/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

The big city a country boy travels to in search of work or fortune.

### examples

- He had never been to the metropolis before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metropolis/#x1)
- The boy travelled to the metropolis to find work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metropolis/#x2)
- London is a busy metropolis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metropolis/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «metropolis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metropolis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.