downtown
See also: down-town
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 (2024) “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, volumes 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)