often attributive
1
a
: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town
b
: an incorporated minor municipality
2
: the residents of a village
3
: something (such as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village
4
: a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government
Examples of village in a Sentence
Entire villages come to see the parade.
we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village
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Keep reading for a full review of The Brecon in the Swiss Alpine village of Adelboden.
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Becky Sunshine, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
The project faced public opposition, however, both before and after the village gave it the green light.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
The strange beauty of lingering light, the way shadows stretch long into the night, the soft glow on fjords and fishing villages and the eerie calm of a world without nighttime are all part of what makes this voyage so memorable.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
To make things even better, the researchers are trying to combine the GPS tracking data with high-resolution images from Airbus' Pleiades Neo satellites to understand why and when the elephants visit villages and farms.
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Becky Sunshine, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
The project faced public opposition, however, both before and after the village gave it the green light.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
The strange beauty of lingering light, the way shadows stretch long into the night, the soft glow on fjords and fishing villages and the eerie calm of a world without nighttime are all part of what makes this voyage so memorable.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
To make things even better, the researchers are trying to combine the GPS tracking data with high-resolution images from Airbus' Pleiades Neo satellites to understand why and when the elephants visit villages and farms.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for village
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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/village. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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village
noun
vil·lage
ˈvil-ij 
1
: a place somewhat smaller than a town
2
: the people living in a village
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