metro B1 Topic:Transportation US /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/ UK /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun A city's rapid passenger railway system, often running underground, or a train on that system. We took the metro from the station to the city center. 2 noun Informal: a metropolitan area, including a city and its surrounding communities. Housing costs have risen across the entire metro. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a city's rapid passenger... subwayunderground 2 noun · informal: a metropolitan... metropolitan area Word family Forms metros Etymology The railway sense comes from French metro, short for metropolitain, as in the Paris metropolitan railway. The urban-area sense is also a shortening of metropolitan. Topics Transportation External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # metro **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/ ## Meanings 1. A city's rapid passenger railway system, often running underground, or a train on that system. 2. Informal: a metropolitan area, including a city and its surrounding communities. ## Examples - We took the metro from the station to the city center. - Housing costs have risen across the entire metro. ## Synonyms - subway - underground - metropolitan area ## Etymology The railway sense comes from French metro, short for metropolitain, as in the Paris metropolitan railway. The urban-area sense is also a shortening of metropolitan. ## Topics - Transportation markdown