downtown
In or towards the central business districtIn or towards the central business district.
» I often go downtown on Sunday.
Ich fahre sonntags oft in die Stadt. — Sudajaengi
По воскресеньям я часто иду в центр города. — odexed
По воскресеньям я часто езжу в центр города. — marafon
У неділю я часто ходжу до центру міста. — deniko
У неділю я часто їжджу до центру міста. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(not comparable, usually)In or towards the central business district.
You need to go downtown four blocks.
A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
in der Innenstadt, in die Innenstadt
(not comparable, usually)Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
That shot came from way downtown!
- toward or in the lower or central part of town
Examples
352 sentencesI 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
Tom and Mary have gone downtown.
Том із Мері поїхали в центр. — deniko
How often does Tom go downtown?
Як часто Том буває у центрі міста? — deniko
Tom and I were downtown yesterday.
Ми з Томом учора були в центрі. — deniko
We're going downtown to eat pizza.
Ми збираємося в центр міста поїсти піци. — ChickenKiev
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From down + town.From down + town.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
further downtown/farther downtown/more downtown, furthest downtown/farthest downtown/most downtown| Comparative | further downtown / farther downtown / more downtown Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | furthest downtown / farthest downtown / most downtown |
regular
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.