downtown

[US]/ˈdaʊntaʊn/
[UK]/ˈdaʊntaʊn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in the central part of a city; pertaining to the commercial district
adj. located in the central part of a city; pertaining to a busy commercial area
n. the central part of a city; the commercial district

Phrases & Collocations

downtown area

go downtown

downtown manhattan

downtown business district

Example Sentences

circumnavigate the downtown traffic.

live in downtown New York

Downtown Chicago and its penumbra

The councillors put the problem of downtown parking before the mayor.

You have to balance the advantages of living downtown against the disadvantages.

More and more shops on the main street downtown keep open beyond midnight.

Liu Xiaoying, a mainland emigre who runs a Mandarin school in downtown Bangkok, says she's seen an increase.

Although they were out in the burbs, they wanted to keep a measure of the sheen of their downtown life – martinis on the veranda, not tea parties in the garden.

Situated in el ejido downtown and located in the most elegant part of the city center.

The younger McGee is in his first term on the council, representing a district north of downtown that includes the Brewers Hill and Harambee neighborhoods.

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