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uptown

[uhp-toun, uhp-toun]

adverb

  1. to, toward, or in the upper part of a town or city.

    He rode uptown on the bus.



adjective

  1. moving toward, situated in, or pertaining to the upper part of a town.

    Take the uptown bus.

  2. of, for, or characteristic of affluent people; elegant, stylish, or luxurious.

    uptown fashions; uptown tastes.

noun

  1. the uptown section of a town or city.

    Uptown is less crowded.

uptown

/ ˈʌˈٲʊ /

adjective

  1. towards, in, or relating to some part of a town that is away from the centre

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. such a part of a town, esp a residential part

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • uptowner noun
  • ˈܱˈٴǷɲԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of uptown1

First recorded in 1830–40; up- + town
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Abdallah vowed to rebuild the clinic on the same site in uptown Palm Springs, across from the local hospital.

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As they reached the corner of Sullivan Street and turned uptown, a door opened.

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Images released over the weekend show the suspect masked in the back of the taxi heading uptown to Port Authority bus terminal near Washington Heights.

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Brûlé has since transformed the 11,000 square feet, which once housed the hotel’s barbershop, gym and several offices, into a wildly imaginative and distinctively uptown version of open-plan living.

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They arrested nearly 200 people at an encampment and protest at City College, uptown, that same night.

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