downtownadjective [ before noun ], adverb
uk/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/us/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/US UK central, centrallyA2 in or to the central part of a city:
downtown Los Angeles
a downtown address
I work downtown, but I live in the suburbs.
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- The regeneration of the city's downtown dock front will put it on a par with Nice or Cannes.
- He works in an office tower in downtown San Francisco.
- Vandals smashed windows and overturned cars in the downtown shopping district.
- I've got a meeting downtown in 20 minutes so I'll have lunch on the hoof.
- We bought a tourist guide to downtown Seattle before we left.
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- inner city
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- Speakers' Corner
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- town
- trading estate
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