town

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/taʊn/

noun 5name 4

Collocations

(noun.) place with many streets and buildings

ADJ

big, large, major | little, small | nearby, neighbouring, surrounding | ancient, historic, medieval, old

new

The government decided to build a new town near the motorway to house thousands of families.

industrial

busy

The busy town centre was crowded with shoppers on Saturday afternoon.

boom, thriving

The small coastal town became thriving after the new ferry service opened last year.

sleepy

On weekends, my family likes to visit the sleepy town where my grandparents live.

country, provincial

county

Oxford was the county town where many important legal decisions were made during medieval times.

home, native

My grandfather still lives in his native town where he was born seventy years ago.

border | coastal, seaside | holiday, resort | cathedral, market, university | dormitory, satellite

fortified

The old fortified town still had high stone walls protecting its historic center.

shanty

ghost

The old mining village became a ghost town after all the factories closed down.

twin

Our city is the twin town of a small place in France.

VERB + TOWN

build, found

live in

My grandparents have lived in that small town for over forty years.

get out of, leave, move out of

After years in the city, they finally decided to get out of town and buy a cottage by the sea.

TOWN + VERB

grow | flourish

TOWN + NOUN

hall, square, walls | council | life | planning

PREP

in ~

My sister is visiting in town next week, so we're planning to have lunch together.

out of ~

My parents are out of town for the weekend, so I'm staying with my grandmother.

outside (the) ~

There's a beautiful camping area outside town where many families go on weekends.

PHRASES

the centre/middle of (the) town, the edge/outskirts of (the) town

(noun.) main part of a town, with the shops, etc.

VERB + TOWN

go into

We went into town yesterday to buy some new clothes for work.

PREP

in ~

My sister is in town this weekend, so we're planning to have lunch together.

Definitions

noun

A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging fro

This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.

Apparently the first reference to the making of the town walls of Stafford (it appears pretty clear that the town was never surrounded by one continuous wall or stockade, but partly by one and partly by the other) occurs in the Patent Rolls, from which we find that in 1225 permission was granted by the king to the "good men of Stafford” to collect customs or tolls for a period to enable them to enclose the town.

Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.

I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.

Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.

A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.

Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.

Call me when you get to town.

They put up "lost dog" posters all over town.

name

A surname.

A community and ward in Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales, in Merthyr Tydfil town centre.

London, especially central London.

Ellipsis of Alabang Town Center (a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

townspeople
townsfolk

noun — an administrative division of a county

township

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

paint the town red

To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.

It was the end of term and students decided to celebrate by painting the town red.

go to town

To proceed enthusiastically, vigorously, or expertly.

She really went to town with the party preparations.

one-horse town

A very small town, especially one of a rural nature and offering very few or no attractions.

It's surrounded by beautiful wilderness, but otherwise it's just a one-horse town.

man about town

A worldly, social man who frequents fashionable places.

I'm very much the man about town.

toast of the town

A person, male or female, who is admired and very popular in local society, and who is sought after to attend parties, public events, etc.

I sat, but neither heard nor saw: Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said among them a', "Ye are na Mary Morison."

Example Bank

This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.

Wiktionary

Apparently the first reference to the making of the town walls of Stafford (it appears pretty clear that the town was never surrounded by one continuous wall or stockade, but partly by one and partly

Wiktionary

Walls separated town and country through much of the early modern period. Walls not only protected towns, they also helped give them a sense of autonomy and identity.

Wiktionary

This is the town I told you about.

Tatoeba · #2402

In a town you may pass unnoticed, whereas in a village it's impossible.

Tatoeba · #2462

Don't you know that you are the laughingstock of the whole town?

Tatoeba · #15891

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, town is marked as UK, historical, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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