URBAN LEGEND

Meaning of URBAN LEGEND in English

ˌurban ˈmyth BrE AmE , ˌurban ˈlegend noun [countable]

a story about an unusual event which happened recently that a lot of people believe, although it is probably not true

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

URBAN LEGEND — noun Date: 1968 an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
URBAN LEGEND — a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — non-true or partially true story or fact that is based on word of mouth which circulates widely and becomes a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
URBAN LEGEND — Date: 1968 : an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
URBAN LEGEND — Function: noun Date: 1968 : an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — ➡ urban myth
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — see urban myth
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — see urban myth
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
URBAN LEGEND — < publication > A story, which may have started with a grain of truth, that has been embroidered and retold …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — A story, which may have started with a grain of truth, that has been embroidered and retold until it has …
Internetworking Terms English vocab
URBAN LEGEND — Городская легенда
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
URBAN LEGEND — = urban myth
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
URBAN LEGEND — - urban myth
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
URBAN — adj 1. urban; 2. urbane
Interlingua English vocab
URBAN — citean, urban
English interlingue dictionary
LEGEND — legende (-ari)
English interlingue dictionary
LEGEND — kasugiran
English-Visayan vocabulary
URBAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) urban climate Urban II urban planning Urban VI
Английский словарь Британика
LEGEND — I. ˈlejənd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English legende, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French legende, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
URBAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
URBAN — (a.) Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
Английский словарь Webster
URBAN — (a.) Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
Английский словарь Webster
LEGEND — (v. t.) To tell or narrate, as a legend.
Английский словарь Webster
URBAN — ( a. ) Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
URBAN — ( a. ) Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEGEND — ( v. t. ) To tell or narrate, as a legend.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
URBAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEGEND — /lej"euhnd/ , n. 1. a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEGEND — noun Etymology: Middle English legende, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin, feminine of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
URBAN — adj of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population. 2. urban ·adj belonging to, or suiting, …
Webster English vocab
LEGEND — vt to tell or narrate, as a legend. 2. legend ·noun a story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous …
Webster English vocab
LEGEND — [leg.end] n [ME legende, fr. MF & ML; MF legende, fr. ML legenda, fr. L, fem. of legendus, gerundive of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEGEND — traditional story or group of stories told about a particular person or place. Formerly the term legend meant a tale …
Britannica English vocabulary
URBAN — urban, Urban BrE AmE ˈɜːb ə n AmE \ ˈɝːb ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEGEND — legend BrE AmE ˈledʒ ə nd -ɪnd ▷ legend|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
URBAN — / ˈɜːbən; NAmE ˈɜːrbən/ adjective [ usually before noun ] connected with a town or city : damage to both …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEGEND — / ˈledʒənd; NAmE / noun 1. [ C , U ] a story from ancient times about people and events, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
URBAN — ur ‧ ban W2 /ˈɜːbən $ ˈɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEGEND — le ‧ gend /ˈledʒ ə nd/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: légende , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
URBAN — adj. of, living in, or situated in a town or city (an urban population) (opp. RURAL). øurban district Brit. hist. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEGEND — n. 1 a a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a myth. b such stories collectively. c …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
URBAN — adj. of, living in, or situated in a town or city (an urban population) (opp. RURAL). urban district Brit. hist. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEGEND — n. 1 a a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a myth. b such stories collectively. c …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
URBAN — adj. of, living in, or situated in a town or city (an urban population) (opp. RURAL). Phrases and idioms: urban …
Oxford English vocab
LEGEND — n.1 a a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a myth. b such stories collectively. c a …
Oxford English vocab
URBAN — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Urban means belonging to, or relating to, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEGEND — ( legends) 1. A legend is a very old and popular story that may be true. ...the legends of ancient …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
URBAN — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Urban means belonging to, or relating to, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
URBAN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rural/urban setting ▪ The research station is located in a rural setting. a rural/urban/suburban …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEGEND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
URBAN — [adjective] [before noun] - of or in a city or townurban regeneration/renewalurban developmenturban decayIn urban areas of industrialising nations, millions …
Cambridge English vocab
LEGEND — (EXPLANATION) [noun] [C] [formal] - the words written on or next to a picture, map, coin, etc. that explain what …
Cambridge English vocab
URBAN — adj. urban climate Urban II urban planning Urban VI
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
URBAN — adj. orig. Bartolomeo Prignano born 1318, Naples died Oct. 15, 1289, Rome Pope (137889). Archbishop of Acerenza (1363) and Bari …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
URBAN — adj. orig. Odo of Châtillon-sur-Marne born 0441; 1035, Châtillon-sur-Marne, or Lagery, or Lagny, Champagne, France died July 29, 1099, Rome …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEGEND — Synonyms and related words : Clio, Lambert conformal projection, Marchen, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Mishnah, Muse of history, Spiritus Mundi, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
URBAN — adj. Function: adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of a city FF1C; urban disorders FF1E; Synonyms: burghal, city, municipal Related …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LEGEND — noun 1 well-known story ADJECTIVE ▪ ancient , old ▪ Greek , Inuit , Roman , etc. ▪ local ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEGEND — n. 25B6; noun the Arthurian legends : MYTH, saga, epic, (folk) tale, (folk) story, fairy tale, fable, mythos, mythus; folklore, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEGEND — n. 1 epic, saga, myth, story, (folk) tale, romance, narrative, fable, tradition, fiction, Scandinavian Edda There are scores of legends …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEGEND — A classification system in a particular area using a defined mapping scale and a particular data set which may contain …
Fishery English Glossary
URBAN — прил. городской urban renewal ≈ возрождение городов urban sprawl ≈расползание городов urban population ≈ городское население urban blight ≈ деградация …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEGEND — сущ. 1) легенда a legend arises ≈ легенда возникает, рождается living legend ≈ живая легенда local legend ≈ местная легенда …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEGEND — legend.ogg ʹledʒ(ə)nd n 1. 1> легенда; предание the legend of King Arthur - предание о короле Артуре famed in legends …
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