downtown

pronunciation

How to pronounce downtown in British English: UK [ˈdaʊntaʊn , ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn]word uk audio image

How to pronounce downtown in American English: US [ˈdaʊntaʊn , ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    the commercial center of a town or city
  • Adjective:
    of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
  • Adverb:
    toward or in the lower or central part of town

Word Origin

downtown (n.)
1835, from down (adv.) + town. The notion is of suburbs built on heights around a city.

Antonym

n.

uptown

Example

1. They drive in from the suburbs to downtown churches .
2. We 'll be at the downtown international marriott .
3. She was at a restaurant downtown .
4. Labour day brought blaring trumpets to downtown chicago .
5. Olympic banners were draped across downtown bridges .

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