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# suburb

«suburb» in Mova's school dictionary: **an area where people live on the edge of a city or town…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a suburb, suburbs; the suburbs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A suburb is an area where people live on the edge of a city or town, mostly with houses, schools and shops rather than big offices or factories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#m1)

2) The suburbs means all such areas around a city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Geography: settlements include cities, towns, villages and suburbs; suburbs grew when trains and cars let people live further from work. Everyday life: in Australia and New Zealand people often name their suburb (e.g. Bondi is a suburb of Sydney). In stories and films, the suburbs are quiet streets with gardens and driveways.

### examples

- We live in a suburb of Dublin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x1)
- Many people commute from the suburbs to the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x2)
- Bondi is a suburb of Sydney. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x3)
- The suburbs have more gardens than the city centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x4)
- Our new school is in a leafy suburb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x5)
- Trains helped suburbs grow in Victorian times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x6)
- In an out-of-the-way suburb of Rome lay a tavern much visited by artists. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suburb/#x7)

### note

Countable. Adjective: suburban. Said «SUB-urb». Compare: city centre (UK) / downtown (US); countryside / rural area.

### Trees and pragmatics

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