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noun
1.
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
2.
a densely populated area of considerable size, as a city or borough.
3.
(especially in New England) a municipal corporation with less elaborate organization and powers than a city.
4.
(in most U.S. states except those of New England) a township.
5.
EXPANDany urban area, as contrasted with its surrounding countryside.
6.
the inhabitants of a town; townspeople; citizenry.
7.
the particular town or city in mind or referred to: living on the outskirts of town; to be out of town.
8.
a nearby or neighboring city; the chief town or city in a district: I am staying at a friend's apartment in town.
9.
the main business or shopping area in a town or city; downtown.
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COLLAPSEScot. a farmstead.
adjective
12.
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or belonging to a town: town laws; town government; town constable.
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13.
go to town, Informal.
a.
to be successful.
b.
to do well, efficiently, or speedily: The engineers really went to town on those plans.
c.
to lose restraint or inhibition; overindulge.
14.
on the town,
a.
Informal. in quest of entertainment in a city's nightclubs, bars, etc.; out to have a good time: a bunch of college kids out on the town.
b.
supported by the public charity of the state or community; on relief.
15.
paint the town. paint (def. 16).
Origin:
before 900; Middle English toun, tun, Old English tūn walled or fenced place, courtyard, farmstead, village; cognate with Old Norse tūn homefield, German Zaun fence, Old Irish dún fort
before 900; Middle English toun, tun, Old English tūn walled or fenced place, courtyard, farmstead, village; cognate with Old Norse tūn homefield, German Zaun fence, Old Irish dún fort
Related forms
town·less, adjective
in·ter·town, adjective
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town
O.E. tun "enclosure, enclosed land with buildings," later "village," from P.Gmc. *tunaz, *tunan (cf. O.S., O.N., O.Fris. tun "fence, hedge," M.Du. tuun "fence," Du. tuin "garden," O.H.G. zun, Ger. Zaun "fence, hedge"), an early borrowing from Celtic *dunom (cf. O.Ir. dun, Welsh din "fortress, fortified
EXPANDplace, camp;" see down (n.2)). Meaning "inhabited place larger than a village" (1154) arose after the Norman conquest, to correspond to Fr. ville. The modern word is partially a generic term, applicable to cities of great size as well as places intermediate between a city and a village; such use is unusual, the only parallel is perhaps L. oppidium, which occasionally was applied to Rome or Athens (each of which was more properly an urbs). First record of town hall is from 1481; townhouse "residence in a town" is from 1825. Townie "townsman, one raised in a town" is recorded from 1827, often opposed to the university students or circus workers who were just passing through. Town ball, version of baseball, is recorded from 1852. Town car (1907) originally was a motor car with an enclosed passenger compartment and open driver's seat. On the town "living the high life" is from 1712. Go to town "do (something) energetically" is first recorded 1933. Man about town "one constantly seen at public and private functions" is attested from 1734.
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