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rural
What does rural mean?
rural (adjective): living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce rural?
/ˈɹʊɹəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does rural come from?
From Old French rural, from Latin rūrālis (“rural”), from rūs (“countryside”) + -ālis.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of rural?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “rural” mean?
not arriving or occurring until after an expected time
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living in or characteristic of farming or country life
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responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
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having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
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