Metropolis
noun
A large, important city where a lot of activities happen.
London is a vibrant metropolis with a rich history.
Often appears as...
- multicultural metropolis
- bustling metropolis
noun
The capital or chief city of a country or region.
Tokyo is the metropolis of Japan.
Often appears as...
- capital metropolis
- main metropolis
noun
A large, important city where a lot of activities happen.
London is a vibrant metropolis with a rich history.
Often appears as...
- multicultural metropolis
- bustling metropolis
noun
The capital or chief city of a country or region.
Tokyo is the metropolis of Japan.
Often appears as...
- capital metropolis
- main metropolis
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Activity Hub
Metropolis implies bustling activity with economic, cultural, and social events.
New York is a metropolis that never sleeps.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Matters
A metropolis is larger than a town; size and influence are key qualities.
The metropolis dwarfed the surrounding towns.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Melting Pot
Metropolises are often cultural mixing pots with diverse populations.
The metropolis was home to hundreds of languages.
Pro Tip 1/3Activity Hub
Metropolis implies bustling activity with economic, cultural, and social events.
New York is a metropolis that never sleeps.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Matters
A metropolis is larger than a town; size and influence are key qualities.
The metropolis dwarfed the surrounding towns.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Melting Pot
Metropolises are often cultural mixing pots with diverse populations.
The metropolis was home to hundreds of languages.
Pro Tip 1/3Activity Hub
Metropolis implies bustling activity with economic, cultural, and social events.
New York is a metropolis that never sleeps.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Matters
A metropolis is larger than a town; size and influence are key qualities.
The metropolis dwarfed the surrounding towns.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Melting Pot
Metropolises are often cultural mixing pots with diverse populations.
The metropolis was home to hundreds of languages.
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How an old loop of...
Think about it. Of course, today it's important to understand and acknowledge that those benefits accrued to some groups of people and not to others. It was not an equitable cultural momentum. But when we look today in wonder and disgust, maybe, at the metropolis sprawl before us,
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Steven Johnson: A guided...
They were basically a city living with a modern kind of industrial metropolis with an Elizabethan public infrastructure. So people, for instance, just to gross you out for a second, had cesspools of human waste in their basement. Like, a foot to two feet deep.
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Enthusiasm and design PIPE...
thriving metropolis nearby all right but also liked it you know so having done this we can you actually do the same thing but just with the names of cities you know so this is a very simple simple sketch let's see maybe we can't do it
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The big-beaked,...
Together, colonies of polyps produce large three-dimensional structures, which form the basis of an underwater metropolis. These coral complexes are full of nooks and crannies that house and protect countless life forms.
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Thoughts on humanity,...
and you said what you thought. Then in my late 20s, I shifted to the sprawling metropolis of Mumbai, and my framework, like the newly industrialized aspirational humanity, began to alter.
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Cities That Are Saving...
urban world now over half of us live in an urban environment my home too is here in this city of london looking down on this great metropolis the ingenuity with which we continue to
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Tom Thum: The orchestra...
And before we reach our final destination, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to share with you some technology that I brought all the way from the thriving metropolis of Brisbane.
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
none of this was here it was truly a weekend gambling town it was in the early 90s that the little weekend gambling town started to reinvent itself as a full-scale metropolis
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Stunning Stone Monuments...
deep within Jordans desert canyons lies an ancient treasure the stone city of Petra this massive hand-carved metropolis provides a window into an
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Cuttlefish Hypnotises...
of life as in any crowded metropolis there is fierce rivalry for space for food
Video examples
How an old loop of...
Think about it. Of course, today it's important to understand and acknowledge that those benefits accrued to some groups of people and not to others. It was not an equitable cultural momentum. But when we look today in wonder and disgust, maybe, at the metropolis sprawl before us,
Video examples
Steven Johnson: A guided...
They were basically a city living with a modern kind of industrial metropolis with an Elizabethan public infrastructure. So people, for instance, just to gross you out for a second, had cesspools of human waste in their basement. Like, a foot to two feet deep.
Video examples
Enthusiasm and design PIPE...
thriving metropolis nearby all right but also liked it you know so having done this we can you actually do the same thing but just with the names of cities you know so this is a very simple simple sketch let's see maybe we can't do it
Video examples
The big-beaked,...
Together, colonies of polyps produce large three-dimensional structures, which form the basis of an underwater metropolis. These coral complexes are full of nooks and crannies that house and protect countless life forms.
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
and you said what you thought. Then in my late 20s, I shifted to the sprawling metropolis of Mumbai, and my framework, like the newly industrialized aspirational humanity, began to alter.
Video examples
Cities That Are Saving...
urban world now over half of us live in an urban environment my home too is here in this city of london looking down on this great metropolis the ingenuity with which we continue to
Video examples
Tom Thum: The orchestra...
And before we reach our final destination, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to share with you some technology that I brought all the way from the thriving metropolis of Brisbane.
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
none of this was here it was truly a weekend gambling town it was in the early 90s that the little weekend gambling town started to reinvent itself as a full-scale metropolis
Video examples
Stunning Stone Monuments...
deep within Jordans desert canyons lies an ancient treasure the stone city of Petra this massive hand-carved metropolis provides a window into an
Video examples
Cuttlefish Hypnotises...
of life as in any crowded metropolis there is fierce rivalry for space for food
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Quote examples
John Strachan
Canadian Clergyman
Convinced that the attachment of colonies to the metropolis, depends infinitely more upon moral and religious feeling, than political arrangement, or even commercial advantage, I cannot but lament that more is not done to instill it into the minds of the people.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
Hong Kong might be a small place, but its people make it unique. The iconic images of skyscrapers in this bustling metropolis are famous around the world, but it is the people of Hong Kong, standing up for their city on the streets, who make it truly great.
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Peter Diamandis
American Businessman
Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well.
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Quentin Crisp
English Writer
In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
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Georg Simmel
German Sociologist
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.
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Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.
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Hooman Majd
Iranian Journalist
The city of Tehran is a very modern metropolis, and there's an emphasis in the Islamic republic on science and advancement and technology.
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Giorgio Armani
Italian Designer
Milan is a true metropolis: strong and fearless but welcoming, too. Little by little, I came to realize that I could become someone here.
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John Berger
English Artist
Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.
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Ezra Pound
American Poet
All great art is born of the metropolis.
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John Strachan
Canadian Clergyman
Convinced that the attachment of colonies to the metropolis, depends infinitely more upon moral and religious feeling, than political arrangement, or even commercial advantage, I cannot but lament that more is not done to instill it into the minds of the people.
Quote examples
Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
Hong Kong might be a small place, but its people make it unique. The iconic images of skyscrapers in this bustling metropolis are famous around the world, but it is the people of Hong Kong, standing up for their city on the streets, who make it truly great.
Quote examples
Peter Diamandis
American Businessman
Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well.
Quote examples
Quentin Crisp
English Writer
In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
Quote examples
Georg Simmel
German Sociologist
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.
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Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.
Quote examples
Hooman Majd
Iranian Journalist
The city of Tehran is a very modern metropolis, and there's an emphasis in the Islamic republic on science and advancement and technology.
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Giorgio Armani
Italian Designer
Milan is a true metropolis: strong and fearless but welcoming, too. Little by little, I came to realize that I could become someone here.
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John Berger
English Artist
Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.
Quote examples
Ezra Pound
American Poet
All great art is born of the metropolis.
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