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Downtown vs. City

Downtown and City Definitions

Downtown

The lower part or the business center of a city or town.

City

A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.

Downtown

To, toward, or in the lower part or the business center of a city or town.

City

An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state.

Downtown

Of, relating to, or located downtown.

City

A Canadian municipality of high rank, usually determined by population but varying by province.
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Downtown

Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district
John walked every day to his downtown job.

City

A large incorporated town in Great Britain, usually the seat of a bishop, with its title conferred by the Crown.

Downtown

In or towards the central business district.
You need to go downtown four blocks.

City

The inhabitants of a city considered as a group.

Downtown

(basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
That shot came from way downtown!

City

An ancient Greek city-state.
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Downtown

The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.

City

(Slang) Used in combination as an intensive
The playing field was mud city after the big rain.

Downtown

The human genitalia.

City

City The financial and commercial center of London. Used with the.

Downtown

(slang) heroin.

City

A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
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Downtown

The commercial center of a town or city

City

(UK) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.

Downtown

Of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center;
Downtown Manhattan
Delinquents roaming the downtown streets

City

(Australia) The central business district; downtown.
I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.

Downtown

Toward or in the lower or central part of town

City

(slang) A large amount of something used after the noun.
It’s video game city in here!

City

A large town.

City

A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.
A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city.
When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word city has no other meaning in English law.

City

The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.

City

Of or pertaining to a city.

City

A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts;
Ancient Troy was a great city

City

An incorporated administrative district established by state charter;
The city raised the tax rate

City

People living in a large densely populated municipality;
The city voted for Republicans in 1994

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