What does downtown mean?
Downtown means Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district..
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/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ · adjective
Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district..
John walked every day to his downtown job.
“Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.
The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians.
You need to go downtown four blocks.
A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always go downtown
That shot came from way downtown!
Use downtown when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Downtown means Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district..
Common synonyms include city center, town centre, central business district, city.
Possible antonyms include uptown.
John walked every day to his downtown job.
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