noun · neutral
suburb
UK/ˈsʌbɜːb/US/ˈsʌbɜrb/SU·burb
Band 4-5speakingtask2
an area on the edge of a city where people live; residential area outside the city centre
Examples
“They moved to the suburbs to have a bigger garden.”
“Commuting from the suburbs can be tiring every day.”
“New shops are opening in the northern suburbs.”
Band 8 sentence
“Many families prefer the suburbs because they offer more space and quieter streets than the city centre.”
Collocations
- move to the suburbs
- outer suburbs
- suburban area
Word family
suburban adjective
Common mistakes
I live in the suburb of my city.→I live in the suburbs of my city.
He moved to outside the city.→He moved to the suburbs.
Say it for a higher band
5area→6village→7+suburb
Synonyms
outskirts
Easily confused
outskirts
“The factory is located on the outskirts of the town.”
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