Definitions for rural
ˈrʊər əlru·ral

Princeton's WordNet(3.43 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ruraladjective

   pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

How to pronounce rural?

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

How to say rural in sign language?

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. Marilyn Villegas:

   This pandemic has renewed my faith in Americas resolve and willingness to help our fellow man. Our small, rural community is no different.

2. Eric Jing:

   The capital raised in Series B will allow us to invest in the infrastructure, such as cloud computing and risk control, that will underpin our long-term growth in rural and international markets.

3. Democratic Sen. John Rodgers:

   People in rural areas are largely independent, and we take The Internet upon ourselves to stay safe, without the Second Amendment, we couldn't do that.

4. Hernando Agudelo Ospina:

   This is an urban pattern of outbreak of Yellow Fever and it is much more complicated to tackle and deal with, the possibility of spreading out to other provinces or even to the all country is much higher than if it had happened in a rural area.

5. Jagat Basnet:

   For rural women especially, who have no other asset, it's very important they know they can co-own the land.

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