city

Universal Words noun (plural cities) 1 [C] a large and important town: We live ten minutes from the city centre by bus. * one of the world's most beautiful cities * Mexico City * Manchester City Football Club seealsoINNERCITY 2 [C] (BrE) a town that has been given special rights by a king or queen, usually one that has a CATHEDRAL: the city of York 3 [C] (AmE) a town that has been given special rights by the state government 4 [sing.+sing./pl.v.] all the people who live in a city: The city turned out to welcome the victorious team home. 5 (the City) [sing.] (BrE) Britain's financial and business centre, in the oldest part of London: a City stockbroker * What is the City's reaction to the cut in interest rates? 6 [U] (informal) used after other nouns to say that a place is full of a particular thing: It's not exactly fun city here is it? * cardboard city (= full of people living in cardboard boxes because they have nowhere else to live) IDIOMS see FREEDOM