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city

city /ˈsɪti/ noun
plural cities
city
/ˈsɪti/
noun
plural cities
Britannica Dictionary definition of CITY
[count] : a place where people live that is larger or more important than a town : an area where many people live and work
◊ This sense is sometimes used in the name of a city.
[count] : the people in a city usually singular
the city : the government of a city
the City : the section of London that is Great Britain's financial and business center
[noncount] chiefly US, informal used to describe a place where there is a lot of a particular thing or activity

the big city

used to refer to a particular city without naming it
see also big-city