village
IPA: vˈɪɫʌdʒ
noun
- A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
- (Britain) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
- (Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
- (Philippines) A gated community.
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Examples of "village" in Sentences
- Or in my walks at night-time when the village is at rest.
- And of course, my grandmother told me, "Your village is the United States of America."
- The most important aspect for me in choosing to live in the village is the sheer joy of the experience.
- A Potemkin village is "something that appears elaborate and impressive but in actual fact lacks substance."
- As they toiled along, they said, weeping, one to another, '_I am from such a village, and I from such a village_.
- He may not use the word "village," but it is indeed "the village" which my son describes and for which he yearns.
- But it was not our fault that, in translating village feast into _fête de village_, she had allowed her imagination to mislead her with false hopes.
- As it closes branches, the Postal Service plans to set up what it calls "village post offices" in supermarkets and gas stations to provide basic services such as stamps and flat-rate package shipping.
- Before Royce and Hadrian barely have time to settle after the fun had in The Crown Conspiracy, they find themselves pulled into a new problem: a young woman needs their help as her village is being attacked by an unknown nocturnal creature.
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