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DEFINITIONS OF:
downtown
1
n
the central area or commercial center of a town or city
“the heart of Birmingham's
downtown
”
Synonyms:
business district
Types:
Tin Pan Alley
a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business
Type of:
city district
a district of a town or city
adv
toward or in the lower or central part of town
Antonyms:
uptown
toward or in the upper part of town
adj
of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
“
downtown
Manhattan”
“delinquents roaming the
downtown
streets”
Antonyms:
uptown
of or located in the upper part of a town
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