DOWN TOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does down town mean? 

• DOWN TOWN (noun)
  The noun DOWN TOWN has 1 sense:

1. the center of a city

  Familiarity information: DOWN TOWN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWN TOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The center of a city

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

civic center; down town; municipal center

Hypernyms ("down town" is a kind of...):

hub (a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve)

Holonyms ("down town" is a part of...):

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

 Context examples 

"I want you to come down town with me, Maria, this afternoon about two o'clock," Martin said, the morning the check arrived.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Down town he stopped off long enough to run into the library and search for Saleeby's books.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Several times he barely escaped being caught by her brothers, and once he trailed Mr. Morse down town and studied his face in the lighted streets, longing all the while for some quick danger of death to threaten so that he might spring in and save her father.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Martin rode down town on an electric car, and as he watched the houses and cross-streets slipping by he was aware of a regret that he was not more elated over his friend's success and over his own signal victory.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)