Definitions for City

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City cit·y

Spelling: [sit-ee]

IPA: /ˈsɪt i/

City is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in City (city).

Definitions for City

noun

1. a large or important town.
2. (in the U.S.) an incorporated municipality, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen.
3. the inhabitants of a city collectively:
4. (in Canada) a municipality of high rank, usually based on population.
5. (in Great Britain) a borough, usually the seat of a bishop, upon which the dignity of the title has been conferred by the crown.
6. the City. the major metropolitan center of a region; downtown: the commercial and financial area of London, England.
7. a city-state.
8. (often initial capital letter) Slang. a place, person, or situation having certain features or characteristics (used in combination):

Origin of City

1175-1225; Middle English cite Anglo-French, Old French cite(t) Latin cīvitāt- (stem of cīvitās) citizenry, town, equivalent to cīvi(s) citizen + -tāt- -ty²

Examples for City

Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

From what we had heard, we expected to find you in the city.

To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

The sound disturbed him, bringing premonitions of the city's unrest.

They landed, and with the utmost haste proceeded toward the city.

There is in this city a rag-picker so wealthy that he can afford to drink wine every day.

Throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.

All this Robert thought over as he was riding in the cars to the city.

Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.