Words / B2

ROORR-uh-l/ˈrʊərəl/

Rural means of the countryside: rural broadband; a rural constituency. Urban is the town opposite (already in the dictionary). Countryside is the everyday noun. Rural broadband featured in the inequality case. Mix-up: royal is to do with the monarch. Do not call a city park rural.

Meaning

Connected with the countryside, not towns.

Examples

• “Rural broadband featured in the geography inequality case study.”
• “A rural bus service was cut, which is the transport-news sense.”

Good to know

rural + noun; rurally. Opposite: urban. Everyday noun: countryside. Trap: royal. Geography and politics. Countryside, not a monarch.

New