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downtown
[ doun-toun ]
adverb
- to or in the main business section of a city.
adjective
- of, relating to, or situated in the main business section of a city.
noun
- the main business section of a city.
downtown
/ ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn /
noun
- the central or lower part of a city, esp the main commercial area
adverb
- towards, to, or into this area
adjective
- of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area
downtown Manhattan
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Derived Forms
- ˈdownˈtowner, noun
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Other Words From
- downtowner noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Soon thereafter, Bentivolio was asked to play Santa in downtown Milford and became a professional.
He speaks while sipping a soda in the restaurant of the Residence Victoria in downtown Kisangani.
It was headquartered in Stanleyville, in a tall corner building that still stands in the decrepit, yet lively, downtown.
Will and Kate will start with a visit to the 9/11 Memorial downtown, and end with a monster fundraiser at the Met.
Just downtown shone the Freedom Tower, which has risen where the World Trade Center came down in the 9/11 attacks.
The first time she had leave to go downtown she made an excuse to go into a book store and purchase a copy.
He rode downtown with Louis and they went over to that same East side hotel and Louis went upstairs.
Bill Chadwick, another classmate of mine, came up from downtown, and met us at the church door.
She was quite sure that he had not expected to spend the afternoon downtown, and she wondered what was troubling him.
The problem of providing social opportunity faced the downtown churches.
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