noun · academic
periphery
/pəˈrɪfəri/pe·RIF·er·y
Band 7+speakingtask2
the outer edge or boundary of an area, especially of a city
Examples
“Many factories were built on the periphery of the city.”
“Housing is cheaper on the periphery compared with the city centre.”
“Residents on the periphery often face poor public transport.”
Band 8 sentence
“Many new housing estates sprang up on the periphery, driven by affordable land and weak planning controls.”
Collocations
- on the periphery of
- urban/rural periphery
Word family
peripheral adjective
Common mistakes
in the periphery→on the periphery
periphery of city→periphery of the city
Say it for a higher band
5edge→6outskirt→7+periphery
Synonyms
edge
Easily confused
peripheral
“The peripheral areas of the town lack good transport links.”
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