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- [doun-toun]
- /ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn/
- /ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/
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- [doun-toun]
- /ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn/
Definitions of downtown word
- adverb downtown to or in the main business section of a city. 1
- adjective downtown of, relating to, or situated in the main business section of a city. 1
- noun downtown the main business section of a city. 1
- noun downtown Of, in, or characteristic of the central area or main business and commercial area of a town or city. 1
- noun downtown commercial area of a city 1
- adverb downtown in or to commercial area of a city 1
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Origin of downtown
First appearance:
before 1825 One of the 37% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1825-35; down1 + town
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Parts of speech for Downtown
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
downtown popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
downtown usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for downtown
adj downtown
- urban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- main — chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan.
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
noun downtown
- city — The City is the part of London where many important financial institutions have their main offices. People often refer to these financial institutions as the City.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- inner city — an older part of a city, densely populated and usually deteriorating, inhabited mainly by poor, often minority, groups.
- centre — A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
Antonyms for downtown
adj downtown
- country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
- minor — lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
- rural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- suburban — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
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