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Definition of suburban adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

suburban

adjective
 
/səˈbɜːbən/
 
/səˈbɜːrbən/
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  1. [usually before noun] in or connected with a suburb
    • suburban areas
    • a suburban street
    • life in suburban London
    Topics Buildingsc1
  2. (disapproving) boring and ordinary
    • a suburban lifestyle
    Topics Feelingsc2
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin suburbanus, from suburbium, from sub- ‘near to’ + urbs, urb- ‘city’.
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