Explore Downtown through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like uptown. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Downtown meaning
Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
Synonyms of Downtown
Using Downtown
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
- Useful related words include: uptown, business district, city district.
- In the example corpus, downtown often appears in combinations such as: in downtown, the downtown, of downtown.
Context around Downtown
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Downtown
- In this selection, "downtown" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, loveland, supporting, ldp, area, development and irwin stand out and add context to how "downtown" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a better downtown, and around downtown in recent, downtown area, downtown core and downtown development. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "downtown" sits close to words such as temperatures, write and images, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with downtown
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Before the tailgate or enjoying downtown Cincinnati, head to Mass at our beautiful downtown catholic churches. (16 words)
Motorists traveling in downtown Irwin will see an upgrade in a traffic signal in downtown Irwin. (16 words)
My preference is for it to feel more like the downtown Holladay area than the high-density Sugar House downtown. (20 words)
Entrants dance about the stage at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center as the Australian Bee Gees perform for part of the warm up for the Las Vegas Great Santa Run through downtown on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. (41 words)
A single point of contact at city hall for downtown issues: McIntyre said whether it's planning or parks, police or road infrastructure, it's not always clear which door downtown residents need to knock on for help. (38 words)
The downtown area is now a ghost town, thanks in major part for the inability of customers to get to the shops and offices in the downtown area due to NO cars allowed on Market Street. (36 words)
Would they want to grow the Downtown Alliance elsewhere if elevated levels of crime in and around downtown in recent years were going away anytime soon? (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Loveland Downtown District is comprised of three nonprofit organizations supporting downtown: Loveland Downtown Partnership (LDP), Downtown Development Authority (DDA), and Downtown Business Alliance (DBA).
The Minneapolis Downtown Council is hoping to create more opportunities for locals to start businesses downtown and find successful niches, through programs for entrepreneurs, said Shannon Fitzgerald, director of downtown partnerships for the council.
Before the tailgate or enjoying downtown Cincinnati, head to Mass at our beautiful downtown catholic churches.
Downtown Boone Development Association proposed an ordinance June 13 that would place regulations on street vendors selling goods on town-owned property in the downtown area if passed.
He also purchased several downtown properties that didn’t fit his ideas about Pagosa’s future, and he demolished the buildings, to help make way for a ‘better’ downtown.
He said current downtown residential construction should encourage units that are lived in. “We need to allow AH (affordable housing) unit development, on-site, downtown.
It’s definitely nice to see some more bike-friendly infrastructure downtown, because, to tell you the truth, navigating downtown on bike is no easy task.
Many of the chain hotels — like the Hilton Boston Downtown/Faneuil HallHyatt Regency BostonRevere Hotel Boston Common — are located in Boston's downtown, so it's all just a step outside your hotel lobby.
Motorists traveling in downtown Irwin will see an upgrade in a traffic signal in downtown Irwin.
My preference is for it to feel more like the downtown Holladay area than the high-density Sugar House downtown.
People who live and work around the proposed site, however, worried a large jail downtown would dominate the Bangor skyline and be an eyesore in the face of downtown’s revitalization.
Previously the city required open space and passive recreational areas in the downtown, however given the downtown development pattern this is difficult and cost prohibitive.
The 53rd District at that time was located in Los Angeles County including downtown, Huntington Park, Koreatown, Little Tokyo, Pico Union, Vernon and parts of Boyle Heights, Westlake and downtown Los Angeles.
The Aurora Downtown group will hold its annual Cocoa Crawl Friday evening in conjunction with the group’s monthly First Fridays event downtown.
The downtown area is now a ghost town, thanks in major part for the inability of customers to get to the shops and offices in the downtown area due to NO cars allowed on Market Street.
This year the Downtown Advisory Committee will be holding the first Fourth of July Parade through the downtown streets beginning at 6 p.m. that Tuesday.
Would they want to grow the Downtown Alliance elsewhere if elevated levels of crime in and around downtown in recent years were going away anytime soon?
According to Patrick Richard, executive director of Downtown Moncton Centre-ville, downtown businesses continue to raise concerns about an uptick in theft, vandalism, break-ins and concerns over customer safety.
A single point of contact at city hall for downtown issues: McIntyre said whether it's planning or parks, police or road infrastructure, it's not always clear which door downtown residents need to knock on for help.
Entrants dance about the stage at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center as the Australian Bee Gees perform for part of the warm up for the Las Vegas Great Santa Run through downtown on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Las Vegas.
Phrases with downtown
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with downtown
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in downtown 53×
- the downtown 49×
- of downtown 33×
- downtown and 18×
- downtown area 12×
- to downtown 9×
- and downtown 8×
- downtown core 8×
- downtown development 6×
- for downtown 6×