Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Canada, US, not comparable, usually)In the upper part of a town.

    of or located in the upper part of a town

  2. (Canada, US, broadly, not comparable, usually)Of or relating to an affluent area or population.

    uptown problems

  3. (US, not comparable, usually)In or of the central commercial center of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. We're taking a class on disaster preparedness uptown.

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  2. I drove uptown.

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  3. Tom lives uptown.

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Forms

further uptown/farther uptown/more uptown, furthest uptown/farthest uptown/most uptown

Synonyms

1 synonyms
downtownA2

Antonyms

1 antonyms
downtown

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
uptakeuptightupturnupvote

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