downtown
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See also: down-town
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
downtown (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district
- John walked every day to his downtown job.
Adverb
downtown (not comparable)
- In or towards the central business district.
- You need to go downtown four blocks.
- 1964, Tony Hatch (lyrics and music), “Downtown”, performed by Petula Clark:
- When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always go downtown
- (basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
- That shot came from way downtown!
Derived terms
Translations
in, or towards the central business district
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(basketball): outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket
Noun
downtown (plural downtowns)
- (chiefly US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
- Synonyms: city center, town centre, central business district, (Australia) city
- (US, slang) The human genitalia.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva, Thesaurus:vagina
- (slang) heroin.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin
Translations
either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
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See also
References
- “downtown n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
- Eric Partridge (2005) “downtown”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 647.
Etymology
Noun
downtown m (invariable)
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