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Meaning of city hall | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈsɪti ˌhɔːl/

Definitions

  1. Any specific city hall, which in context (i.e., discussions within its city or about its city) is called by this name, written in capital letters.
  2. The building that houses a city's government.
  3. The city government (city council, mayor, etc.); government in general.
    figuratively, metonymically

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: town hall”
“A new city hall was built after the big fire of 1883.”
“The vice-mayor has an office on the third floor of city hall.”
“you can't fight city hall”
“The company got tired of the red tape from city hall and began planning to relocate to another city.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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