[1965–70; mega- + city]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: genetic engineering, isometric exercise, red-eye, stun gun, wraparoundmega- is a combining form with the meanings “large, great, grand,” “abnormally large,”used in the formation of compound words; it is also the initial element in units ofmeasure that are equal to one million of the units denoted by the base word (megahertz). Other words that use the affix mega- include: megacycle, megadeath, megadose, megakaryocyte, megaspore
Examples of 'megacity' in a sentence
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As a result, such a megacity is a powerful engine of inequality.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
Somewhere to find privacy, space and relax in a congested megacity of the future.
The Sun (2015)
The amalgamated megacity stands at a crossroads.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Some of the slogans were pro-megacity.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Tourism is a big pull for this megacity which has approximately 12million visitors a year.
The Sun (2014)
Her experience of going from brutal small town to souless megacity shapes much of her fiction.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It creates autonomous social capital for (say) a quarter of a billion migrants trekking to the contemporary megacity.