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villages

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for villages.

Editorial note

Also, wage-density and productivity are now substantially higher in urban areas than in suburbs or rural villages.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of villages gathered in one view.

noun

A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

noun

(British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.

noun

(Philippines) An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for villages.

noun

A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

noun

(British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.

noun

(Philippines) An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.

noun

(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.

Example sentences

1

Also, wage-density and productivity are now substantially higher in urban areas than in suburbs or rural villages.

2

There are some villages in North Iraq where it's similar to this, due to the chemical bombing.

3

Ground is not communal, ground is owned by individuals in small portions across the villages or towns.

4

That is the reality for people on a cruise ship, in villages around the world, etc.

5

If Coca Cola built roads to villages to sell their products, you would also be unhappy?

6

Maybe a bunch of mini-city/villages in a circle around a big one in the middle, for weekly meetings or something.

7

As you would expect, from the German states to small villages everybody is fighting over where they will be build.

8

Now in any given area, each of these potential villages is quite isolated from another.

9

The Autobahn never passes through towns or villages, only Bundesstraße and smaller road types do.

10

A fourth place would be in any hacker spaces or tech villages in town.

11

As someone else pointed out, the Autobahn doesn't ever go through towns or villages.

12

Maybe if we could get back to small villages of european descent we could have a higher quality of life.

Quote examples

1

What is "national sovereignty" but the loss of our regional, state rights, and that too, a loss of our communal rights in villages.

2

You should visit Africa and see humans living in villages in the "most natural, basic state" and I seriously doubt anyone would want to live like that.

3

In certain parts of the country, particularly near the frontiers, destruction by fire reached the proportion of 90 % of the villages of every region." The Germans and their allies killed or were responsible for the death of 13% of the Greek population.

4

If I were writing a science fiction story there would be primitive villages on higher inland areas, and partially submerged technologically advanced cities on the coastlines:-) But what I find most amusing is that when I was a kid "science" was saying "but we don't know if any other star even has a planet!" and to me as a kid it seemed preposterous that other stars wouldn't have planets.

Proper noun examples

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Villages, unlike towns, have always been ruled by conformism, isolation, petty surveillance, boredom and repetitive malicious gossip about the same families.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use villages in a sentence?

Also, wage-density and productivity are now substantially higher in urban areas than in suburbs or rural villages.

What does villages mean?

A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

What part of speech is villages?

villages is commonly used as noun.