DOWNTOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does downtown mean? 

• DOWNTOWN (noun)
  The noun DOWNTOWN has 1 sense:

1. the central area or commercial center of a town or city

  Familiarity information: DOWNTOWN used as a noun is very rare.

• DOWNTOWN (adjective)
  The adjective DOWNTOWN has 1 sense:

1. of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center

  Familiarity information: DOWNTOWN used as an adjective is very rare.

• DOWNTOWN (adverb)
  The adverb DOWNTOWN has 1 sense:

1. toward or in the lower or central part of town

  Familiarity information: DOWNTOWN used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWNTOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The central area or commercial center of a town or city

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

business district; downtown

Context example:

the heart of Birmingham's downtown

Hypernyms ("downtown" is a kind of...):

city district (a district of a town or city)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "downtown"):

Tin Pan Alley (a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business)

Derivation:

downtown (of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center)

• DOWNTOWN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center

Context example:

delinquents roaming the downtown streets

Antonym:

uptown (of or located in the upper part of a town)

Derivation:

downtown (the central area or commercial center of a town or city)

• DOWNTOWN (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toward or in the lower or central part of town

Antonym:

uptown (toward or in the upper part of town)

 Context examples 

Thursday night, "Alien Stock" was held in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada with involvement of original poster Matty Roberts.

(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)

The researchers obtained vehicle exhaust from a busy street in downtown Toronto and concentrated the fine particles before delivering them through an oxygen-type mask.

(Combatting epigenetic effects from outdoor air pollution, NIH)