(especially AmE) in or towards the centre of a city, especially its main business area:
to go / work downtown
compareMIDTOWN, TOWNCENTRE, UPTOWN
downtown adjective:
a downtown store
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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