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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   Zira

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   Oliver

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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. Sam Adams:

   The strengths of our downtown are unique and they haven’t gone away, everything from the small blocks, to interesting food carts you can’t get anywhere else, a variety of shopping experiences, easy access with transit -- those strengths are still there.

2. Columbus Police:

   They were able to apprehend the suspect in the downtown area.

3. Dan LaBerge:

   Still, states like New Hampshire and others tend to see a bump in hotel stays and other areas, according to industry estimates and accounts on the ground. I am sure this is typical of the primary season, but we did see a spike in business and it has stuck around for a little while after, Alexandra Horton, owner of Cafe La Reine in Manchester, New Hampshire, told FoxNews.com. I would say that overall the primary season is good for downtown Manchester and all of the local businesses to gain national exposure, Alexandra Horton said. Dan LaBerge, manager at Billy’s Sports Bar Grillin Manchester, told FoxNews.com they saw between a 5-10 percent increase in business, though businesses in downtown Manchester had a bigger boost. We get a lot of people from Washington D.C. here, it often ends up being actual campaign workers -- we did a buffet for the Hillary campaign, so it’s really a mix. You get a lot of people from out of town, people they ship in.

4. Becky Solloa:

   I was downtown to check out the flow of the Cubans who were coming through, and it was not as chaotic as I thought it was going to be.

5. Kathleen Sauer:

   What's good for Lockheed is good for Troy, look at our downtown.

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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
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=downtown
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=downtown