metros

Noun (1)

metro (plural metros)

1. (general) A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.
   • He is going to the stadium by metro.

   Synonyms:

   subway, underground, underground railway, Tube

2. (uncommon) An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems.
   • Informs how long the passenger has to wait for the next metro2006, C. A. Brebbia, V. Dolezel, Urban Transport XII: Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century, page 227

Noun (2)

metro (plural metros)

1. A metropolitan area.
   • In an age of persistently high inequality, work in high-cost metros catering to the whims of the wealthy—grooming them, stretching them, feeding them, driving them—has become one of the fastest-growing industries. […] Relationships between the classes, once mediated through the household, are now...2019 August 12, Derek Thompson, “America's Hot New Job Is Being a Rich Person's Servant”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2019

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