Definitions for downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊndown·town

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1. business district, downtownadjective

   the central area or commercial center of a town or city

   "the heart of Birmingham's downtown"

2. downtownadverb

   of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center

   "downtown Manhattan"; "delinquents roaming the downtown streets"

3. downtownadverb

   toward or in the lower or central part of town

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1. downtownnoun

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

2. downtownnoun

   Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

   That shot came from way downtown!

3. downtownadverb

   in, or towards the downtown area

   You need to go downtown four blocks.

4. downtownadjective

   of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area

   John walked everyday to his downtown job.

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1. Downtown

   Downtown is a song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by Petula Clark in 1964, became an international hit, reaching number one in Billboard Hot 100 and number two in UK Singles Chart. Hatch received the 1981 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. The song has been covered by many singers, including Dolly Parton, Emma Bunton and The Saw Doctors.

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1. downtown

   Downtown refers to the main business district or city center of a town or city, often characterized by a concentration of retail and office buildings. It is usually the busiest and most densely populated area of the city, often serving as its commercial, financial, and cultural hub.

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1. Downtown

   Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district, often in a geographical, commercial, or communal sense. It has been used in Australia in cities like Sydney and Melbourne and for New Zealand's main city, Auckland, as well. The term is thought to have been coined in New York City, where it was in use by the 1830s to refer to the original town at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan. As the town of New York grew into a city, the only direction it could grow on the island was toward the north, proceeding upriver from the original settlement. Thus, anything north of the original town became known as "uptown", while the original town became known as "downtown". During the late 19th century, the term was gradually adopted by cities across the United States and Canada to refer to the historical core of the city. Notably, it was not included in dictionaries as late as the 1880s. But by the early 1900s, downtown was clearly established as the proper term in American English for a city's central business district.

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How to pronounce downtown?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say downtown in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of downtown in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of downtown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of downtown in a Sentence

1. Jennifer Coats:

   After school let out at 3:20 p.m.a large group of approximately 100 gathered in the downtown area. Small fights would break out and the group would travel from block to block. Several people from the group were jumping on vehicles and filming the altercations.

2. Pete Buttigieg:

   This is a city which is still a low-income city and one with a lot of inequality. So if you're on the west side, and I'm proud of everything we've done for the west side, but you're still in a low-income neighborhood, so anything that you see happening downtown could be perceived as something that you wish were coming to you.

3. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

   In the community that I lived in you go downtown, shop, and people had the tattoos from the concentration camps on their arms.

4. Javier Villalobos:

   Our bridges are closed. We have two bridges Anzalduas and we also have Hidalgo. So, people ca n’t come across it because of COVID. Now, what's a little difficult is for us to comprehend is how other people can come in and they're being allowed, yet people that cross over legally ca n’t. It's affecting our economy ; it's affecting our downtown area specifically. That's where a lot of Mexicans come and do their shopping. So, it's affecting us. Once it opens up, we hope that we get back to where we used to be.

5. Public Safety commissioner:

   That’s why we built 285, y’ all, it’s the bypass. This morning, Atlanta’s MARTA transit system increased rail services to accommodate the expected increase in travelers. By mid-day MARTA CEO Keith Parker was reporting a 25 percent surge in ridership. With highway capacity already at a premium, the I-85 closure comes at a time of peak demand. This weekend, spring break gets underway for many area school students. And Friday evening, the Atlanta Braves will inaugurate their new stadium with a preseason game. During construction of the new stadium, critics questioned the impact the facility would have on traffic at its location near the junction of I-285 and I-75 in suburban Cobb County. Now that I-75 is the only northbound interstate out of downtown Atlanta, traffic plans will be put to the test. Despite the inconvenience, some residents and officials are putting Thursday’s disaster in perspective.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=downtown
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Downtown
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=downtown
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=downtown