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downtown

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English

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Etymology

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Fromdown +‎town.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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downtown (notcomparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district
    John walked every day to hisdowntown job.
    • 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, inThe Guardian[1]:
      “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre indowntown Karachi.

Adverb

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downtown (notcomparable)

  1. In or towards the central business district.
    You need to godowntown four blocks.
    • 1964,Tony Hatch, “Downtown”, performed byPetula Clark:
      When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always godowntown
  2. (basketball) Outside thethree-point line, or generally far from the basket.
    That shot came from waydowntown!

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Translations

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in, or towards the central business district
(basketball): outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket

Noun

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downtown (pluraldowntowns)

  1. (chiefly US, Canada) The mainbusiness part of acity ortown, usually located at or near its center.
    Synonyms:city center,town centre,central business district,(Australia)city
  2. (US, slang) The humangenitalia.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:vulva,Thesaurus:vagina
  3. (slang)heroin.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:heroin

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Translations

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either the lower, or the business center of a city or town

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishdowntown.

Noun

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downtown m (invariable)

  1. downtown(financial district)
    Synonym:city
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