Definitions for metro
ˈmɛ troʊmetro

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. metro, tube, underground, subway system, subwaynoun

   an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

   "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"

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1. metronoun

   A metropolitan area.

2. metroadjective

   Metropolitan.

3. Etymology: métro, apocopic form of métropolitain, from the roots μήτηρ + πόλις.

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1. Metro

   Metro is a free tabloid newspaper available in parts of the United Kingdom and published by Associated Newspapers Ltd. It is distributed from Monday to Friday on many public-transport services in selected urban centres across the United Kingdom and at other outlets such as cafes, workplaces, bus stops, etc. Distributors have also been employed to hand out copies to pedestrians.

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1. metro

   Song lyrics by metro -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by metro on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. METRO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Metro is ranked #23604 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Metro surname appeared 1,075 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Metro.
   
   95.1% or 1,023 total occurrences were White.
   2.8% or 31 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.8% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Railway

How to pronounce metro?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of metro in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of metro in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of metro in a Sentence

1. Louisville Metro:

   Join Louisville Metro and answer the call.

2. Jeremy Hughes:

   As counsel for Becker Enterprises, April has received no complaints from the county government or metro police regarding these small businesses, using anti-Asian stereotypes to attack these small businesses is wrong.

3. Randy Shulman:

   Metro Weekly comes back to this forgiveness thing, if you read between the lines, Roe Messner's not saying to me,' Metro Weekly's OK that you're gay ; Roe Messner's saying,' I forgive you for being gay and when you go off and die, Metro Weekly's going to be between you and your maker.'.

4. Goldman Sachs Group Inc:

   This is simply false, Metro always complied with owners' instructions as to the movement of metal, its activities complied with LME rules and did not impact the cost that Americans pay for cans of beer.

5. Olaf Koch:

   We plan an expansion of our investments in digital businesses, modernisation of older stores, more stores for Media Markt and Saturn as well as for Metro Cash & Carry, also in new countries.

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