downtown
//ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n//
Forms
- Comparative
- further downtown
- Superlative
- furthest downtown
- Comparative
- further downtown
- Superlative
- furthest downtown
- Plural
- downtowns
Definitions
1.Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
- John walked every day to his downtown job.
- “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.
- The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians.
1.In or towards the central business district.
- You need to go downtown four blocks.
- A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
2.Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
- That shot came from way downtown!
1.The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
2.The human genitalia.(slang)
3.Heroin.(slang)
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3552
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From down + town.