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downtown
[
doun
-
toun
]
Origin
down·town
/
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn
/
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[
doun
-
toun
]
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adverb
1.
to or in the main business section of a city.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or situated in the main business section of a city.
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noun
3.
the main business section of a city.
Origin:
1825–35,
Americanism
;
down
1
+
town
Related forms
down·town·er,
noun
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downtown
(ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn)
—
n
1.
the central or lower part of a city, esp the main commercial area
—
adv
2.
towards, to, or into this area
—
adj
3.
of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area:
downtown Manhattan
'down'towner
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
downtown
1835, from
down
(adv.) +
town
. The notion is of suburbs built on heights around a city.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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