metro
noun/ˈmetrəʊ/
/ˈmetrəʊ/
(plural metros)
- (also the Metro)[singular] an underground train system, especially the one in Paris
- on the metro to travel on the metro
- by metro I get to work by metro.
- the Paris Metro
- a metro station
British/American underground / subway / metro / tubeunderground / subway / metro / tubeTopics Transport by bus and traina2- A city’s underground railway system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in British English and the subway in North American English. Speakers of British English also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries. The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London’s system is often called the Tube.
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- (North American English, Indian English, South African English) a major city or urban area with a dense population
- Here are the temperatures recorded at the four metros at 5 o'clock this morning.
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French métro, abbreviation of métropolitain (from Chemin de Fer Métropolitain ‘Metropolitan Railway’).
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