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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: down‧town
- Rhymes: -aʊn
Adjective[edit]
downtown (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district
- John walked every day to his downtown job.
- 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in The Guardian[1]:
- “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.
Adverb[edit]
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[edit]
Translations[edit]
in, or towards the central business district
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(basketball): outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Jonathon Green (2023), “downtown n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- 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.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English downtown.
Noun[edit]
downtown m (invariable)
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