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- [toun]
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Definitions of town word
- noun town Ithiel [ith-ee-uh l] /ˈɪθ i əl/ (Show IPA), 1784–1844, U.S. architect. 1
- adjective town of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or belonging to a town: town laws; town government; town constable. 1
- idioms town go to town, Informal. to be successful. to do well, efficiently, or speedily: The engineers really went to town on those plans. to lose restraint or inhibition; overindulge. 1
- idioms town on the town, 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. supported by the public charity of the state or community; on relief. 1
- idioms town paint the town. paint (def 16). 1
- noun town small city 1
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Origin of town
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Town
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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town popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".
town usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for town
noun town
- burg — a fortified town
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- longitude — Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- centre — A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
adj town
- burghal — (in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
- divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- localized — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
adjective town
- 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.
- civic — You use civic to describe people or things that have an official status in a town or city.
- local — low-cal.
- localised — localisation
- nonrural — Not rural.
Antonyms for town
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