Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Canada, US)The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.

    Stadtmitte, Innenstadt, Stadtzentrum

    центрcentr, центр го́родаcentr góroda, делова́я часть го́родаdelovája častʹ góroda

    середмі́стяseredmístja

    the central area or commercial center of a town or city

  2. (US, slang)The human genitalia.

  3. (slang)Heroin.

Examples

352 sentences
  1. I often go downtown on Sunday.

    У неділю я часто ходжу до центру міста. — deniko

    ruПо воскресеньям я часто иду в центр города. — odexed

    deIch fahre sonntags oft in die Stadt. — Sudajaengi

  2. Tom and Mary have gone downtown.

    Том із Мері поїхали в центр. — deniko

  3. How often does Tom go downtown?

    Як часто Том буває у центрі міста? — deniko

  4. Tom and I were downtown yesterday.

    Ми з Томом учора були в центрі. — deniko

  5. We're going downtown to eat pizza.

    Ми збираємося в центр міста поїсти піци. — ChickenKiev

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
either the lower, or the business center of a city or town:
Русский
By meaning 1
either the lower, or the business center of a city or town:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
either the lower, or the business center of a city or town:

Origin

From down + town.

From down + town.

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Forms

plural: downtowns

Synonyms

145 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddowntowner

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go downtown
  • to get downtown
  • to go downtown
  • like living downtown
  • get downtown from
  • get downtown
  • went downtown to
  • downtown from here
  • living downtown
  • lived in downtown
  • downtown yesterday
  • are going downtown

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
downtown — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto