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[ doun-toun ] / ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR downtown ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbto or in the main business section of a city. adjectiveof, relating to, or situated in the main business section of a city. nounthe main business section of a city. Origin of downtownAn Americanism dating back to 1825–35; down1 + town OTHER WORDS FROM downtowndowntowner, nounWords nearby downtowndown to, down-to-earth, down to size, down to the ground, down to the wire, downtown, downtrend, downtrodden, downturn, down under, downvote Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for downtownSoon thereafter, Bentivolio was asked to play Santa in downtown Milford and became a professional. Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus|Ben Jacobs|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST He speaks while sipping a soda in the restaurant of the Residence Victoria in downtown Kisangani. The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was headquartered in Stanleyville, in a tall corner building that still stands in the decrepit, yet lively, downtown. The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Just downtown shone the Freedom Tower, which has risen where the World Trade Center came down in the 9/11 attacks. Eric Garner Was Just a Number to Them|Michael Daly|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Artillery fire could be heard in Avtozavodsky district, on Chernyshevskogo and Putin avenues in downtown Grozny. Fierce Fighting in Grozny Raises Specter of ISIS Influence in Russia|Anna Nemtsova|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST But now he seemed to find the downtown trip arduous, even hazardous. Then if they were going to go through the downtown area what did you say about the route that should be taken for that? Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy As they got closer to downtown Kowloon, however, Chinese predominated, with only a sprinkling of what were evidently Englishmen. The Caves of Fear|John Blaine It was in a small restaurant in the downtown business district. The Survey, Volume XXX, Number 1, April 5, 1913|Various When you took him to the bus terminal for the purpose of his returning to downtown Dallas? Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for downtown/ (ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn) US, Canadian and NZ /
nounthe central or lower part of a city, esp the main commercial area adverbtowards, to, or into this area adjectiveof, relating to, or situated in the downtown areadowntown Manhattan Derived forms of downtowndowntowner, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to downtownurban, main, central, metropolitan, city, center, business, midtown |