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Definition of rural adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rural

adjective
 OPAL W
 
/ˈrʊərəl/
 
/ˈrʊrəl/
[usually before noun]
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  1. connected with or like the countryside
    • rural areas
    • Belarus is predominantly rural.
    • the rural community/population
    • a rural economy
    • rural America
    • a rural way of life
    • a small, quiet, rural village
    • a rural development program
    compare urban
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    • At the end of the 17th century England was still overwhelmingly rural.
    • Sri Lanka's predominantly rural population
    • the ideal of suburban or semi-rural living
    • He grew up in a predominantly rural area.
    • Laramie is a small rural town in Wyoming.
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    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin ruralis, from rus, rur- ‘country’.
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