Definitions for rural
ˈrʊər əlru·ral

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 7 votes

1. ruraladjective

   living in or characteristic of farming or country life

   "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"

2. ruraladjective

   of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city

   "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. ruraladjective

   pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas

2. Etymology: From rural < ruralis, from rus + -alis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RURALadjective

   Country; existing in the country, not in cities; suiting the country; resembling the country.

   Etymology: rural, Fr. ruralis, from rura, Lat.

   Lady, reserved to do pastor company honour,
   Joining your sweet voice to the rural musick of desert. Philip Sidney.

   Here is a rural fellow,
   That will not be deny’d your highness’ presence;
   He brings you figs. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   We turn
   To where the silver Thames first rural grows. James Thomson.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rural

   In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are described as rural. Different countries have varying definitions of rural for statistical and administrative purposes. In rural areas, because of their unique economic and social dynamics, and relationship to land-based industry such as agriculture, forestry and resource extraction, the economics are very different from cities and can be subject to boom and bust cycles and vulnerability to extreme weather or natural disasters, such as droughts. These dynamics alongside larger economic forces encouraging to urbanization have led to significant demographic declines, called rural flight, where economic incentives encourage younger populations to go to cities for education and access to jobs, leaving older, less educated and less wealthy populations in the rural areas. Slower economic development results in poorer services like healthcare and education and rural infrastructure. This cycle of poverty in some rural areas, means that three quarters of the global population in poverty live in rural areas according to the Food and Agricultural Organization. Some communities have successfully encouraged economic development in rural areas, with some policies such as giving increased access to electricity or internet, proving very successful on encouraging economic activities in rural areas. Historically development policies have focused on larger extractive industries, such as mining and forestry. However, recent approaches more focused on sustainable development are more aware of economic diversification in these communities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ruraladjective

   of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect

2. Ruraladjective

   of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rural

   rōō′ral, adj. of or belonging to the country: suiting the country: rustic: pertaining to agriculture.—n. (obs.) a countryman.—ns. Ru′ral-dean, an ecclesiastic under the bishop and archdeacon, with the peculiar care of the clergy of a district; Ru′ral-dean′ery.—v.t. Ru′ralise, to render rural.—v.i. to become rural: to rusticate.—ns. Ru′ralism; Ru′ralist; Rural′ity.—adv. Ru′rally.—n. Ru′ralness.—adj. Ruridec′anal, pertaining to a rural dean or deanery. [Fr.,—L. ruralis—rus, ruris, the country.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rural

   Relating to farming or country living.

   They loved rural life and living.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rural' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1647

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rural' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2188

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rural' in Adjectives Frequency: #206

Anagrams for rural »

1. urlar

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rural in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rural in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of rural in a Sentence

1. Shanita Cooper:

   I grew up poor in rural Georgia, the oldest of six children, but this was one of the hardest moments of my life.

2. Ford CEO Jim Farley:

   We have a lot of rural customers at Ford that a lot of other brands don't have. We have Super Duty customers who do heavy-duty towing: horse trailers, people in the energy business who are towing big-time loads over very long distances. It's hard for me to imagine that all those customers will go electric in the next 10 years, they're actually as interested in the technology as anyone, it's just their use case is different than how we've designed the vehicles so far. It does feel, at least for Ford, the transition's happening faster than we thought. But again, it's the first inning of a maybe nine-inning game.

3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   What we’re going to do is make sure communities like Flint, Baltimore, the South Bronx, St. Louis, rural communities whose infrastructure was never properly built in the first place, are first in line to rectify the injustices of the past and make sure they get everything they need to thrive in the future.

4. Charlie Kelly:

   These suburbs are just so much more similar to urban core communities today than to the rural counterparts that they [ more resembled ] 30 years ago.

5. Victor Chiiba:

   There is a definite increase in the exploitation of the forest by the rural folk because of the poor rains, there's a market for charcoal so those who have not reaped (a good harvest) are increasingly turning to other activities to make an income.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rural
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rural
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rural
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rural
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rural