URBAN SPRAWL

Meaning of URBAN SPRAWL in English

ˌurban ˈsprawl BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

the spread of city buildings and houses into an area that used to be countryside, or the area in which this has happened:

planning policies designed to limit the growth of urban sprawl

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

URBAN SPRAWL — noun Date: 1956 the spreading of urban developments (as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
URBAN SPRAWL — noun : the spreading of urban developments (as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city
Webster's New International English Dictionary
URBAN SPRAWL — the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions. [ 1955-60 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
URBAN SPRAWL — undesigned and uncontrolled spread of a city to the surrounding environs
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
URBAN SPRAWL — Date: 1956 : the spreading of urban developments (as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
URBAN SPRAWL — Function: noun Date: 1956 : the spreading of urban developments (as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
URBAN SPRAWL — [urban sprawl] n (1958): the spreading of urban developments (as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city
Merriam-Webster English vocab
URBAN SPRAWL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A fictionalised countryside comes back to brighten the dark heart of the urban sprawl . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
URBAN SPRAWL — See ↑ TOWN 3
Longman Activator English vocab
URBAN SPRAWL — стихийный рост городов за счет сельской местности
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
URBAN SPRAWL — стихийный рост городов за счёт сельской местности
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
URBAN SPRAWL — рост городов, урбанизация
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
URBAN SPRAWL — неконтролируемая застройка прилегающих к городу территорий Houston's urban sprawl is greater than that of Los Angeles. — Хьюстон разрастается быстрее …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
URBAN SPRAWL — стихийный рост городов за счёт сельской местности
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
URBAN SPRAWL — стихийный рост городов за счёт сельской местности
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
URBAN SPRAWL — стихийный рост городов за счет сельской местности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
URBAN SPRAWL — стихийный рост городов за счет сельской местности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
URBAN SPRAWL — неконтролируемая застройка прилегающих к городу территорий Houston's urban sprawl is greater than that of Los Angeles. — Хьюстон разрастается быстрее …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
URBAN SPRAWL — неконтролируемая застройка прилегающих к городу территорий Houston's urban sprawl is greater than that of Los Angeles. — Хьюстон разрастается быстрее и …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
URBAN SPRAWL — разрастание городов, рост городов
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
URBAN SPRAWL — "расползание" города
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
URBAN SPRAWL — стихийный рост городов за счет сельской местности
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
URBAN — adj 1. urban; 2. urbane
Interlingua English vocab
URBAN — citean, urban
English interlingue dictionary
SPRAWL — extenDer se, jacer extendet
English interlingue dictionary
SPRAWL — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sprēawlian Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to lie thrashing or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
URBAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) urban climate Urban II urban planning Urban VI
Английский словарь Британика
SPRAWL — I. ˈsprȯl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English sprewlen, sprawlen, from Old English sprēawlian; probably akin to Old English …
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
SPRAWL — (v. i.) To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
Английский словарь Webster
SPRAWL — (v. i.) To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
Английский словарь Webster
SPRAWL — (v. i.) To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs …
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
SPRAWL — ( v. i. ) To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
URBAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPRAWL — — sprawler , n. — sprawlingly , adv. /sprawl/ , v.i. 1. to be stretched or spread out in an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPRAWL — I. ˈsprȯl verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sprēawlian Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. archaic : …
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
SPRAWL — vi to spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography. 2. sprawl ·vi to move, when …
Webster English vocab
SPRAWL — [sprawl] vb [ME, fr. OE spreawlian] vi (bef. 12c) 1 a archaic: to lie thrashing or tossing about b: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
URBAN — urban, Urban BrE AmE ˈɜːb ə n AmE \ ˈɝːb ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPRAWL — sprawl BrE AmE sprɔːl sprɑːl ▷ sprawled sprɔːld sprɑːld ▷ sprawling/ly ˈsprɔːl ɪŋ /li ˈsprɑːl- ▷ sprawls sprɔːlz sprɑːlz
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
SPRAWL — / sprɔːl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ v + adv. / prep. ] 1. to sit or …
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
SPRAWL — I. sprawl 1 /sprɔːl $ sprɒːl/ BrE AmE ( also sprawl out ) verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] [ Language: …
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
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
URBAN — adj. of, living in, or situated in a town or city (an urban population) (opp. RURAL). Phrases and idioms: urban …
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
SPRAWL — ( sprawls, sprawling, sprawled) 1. If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread …
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
SPRAWL — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If you ~ somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out …
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
SPRAWL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES urban sprawl ▪ planning policies designed to limit the growth of urban sprawl COLLOCATIONS …
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
SPRAWL — [noun] [U] [disapproving]She lay in a sprawl on the sofa.
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
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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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