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DOWNTOWN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The central area or commercial center of a town or city
Example:
the heart of Birmingham's downtown
Synonyms:
business district; downtown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
Example:
delinquents roaming the downtown streets
Classified under:
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)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toward or in the lower or central part of town
Classified under:
Antonym:
uptown (toward or in the upper part of town)
