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The rural road passed farms and open fields.
What does Rural mean?
Rural means country areas with more land and fewer people.
Dictionary definition
Related to the countryside, with farms or open land and fewer people.
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Rural in a sentence
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Many rural communities are far from large cities.
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The article compared rural and urban life using details about land, work, and travel.
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What does rural mean?
Rural means country areas with more land and fewer people.
Practice 2
Which word is closest in meaning to rural?
Countryside is close to rural in this main meaning.
Practice 3
Choose the best word to complete the sentence: The ____ road passed farms and open fields.
Rural best completes the sentence.
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WordRural.
Partadjective.
MeaningRural means country areas with more land and fewer people.
ExampleExample: The rural road passed farms and open fields.
Word breakdown
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- roor · ul
- Strongest beat
- roor
- Ending
- ul
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on roor.
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Synonyms
Words like Rural
countrysideUse when this word fits the same meaning in context.
countryUse when this word fits the same meaning in context.
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Rural word family
Base word
rural
adverb
rurally
In a way connected to the countryside.
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Hint for students
Rural describes places in the countryside. Rural areas often have farms, fields, forests, or small towns instead of large city streets.
Common mix-up
Rural is not the same as empty. A rural place can have homes, schools, farms, and people; it is just not a city area.
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Write one sentence that shows rural without using the word rural. Model sentence: The bus drove past cows, wheat fields, and a few houses far apart from one another. Clue words: cows, wheat fields, houses far apart Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show a countryside setting rather than a city setting?
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Ask students to explain this model sentence: "The rural road passed farms, barns, and open fields." Why does rural fit better than urban?
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