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 Definitions of Town  [ʊn]  

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Definition of 'Town' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) town
a thickly populated area, usu. smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.

2.  town
a densely populated area of considerable size, as a city or borough.

3.  town
(esp. in New England) a municipal corporation with less elaborate organization and powers than a city.

4.  town
(in most U.S. states except those of New England) a township.

5.  town
the inhabitants of a town; townspeople; citizenry.

6.  town
the particular town or city in mind or referred to:
to be out of town.

7.  town
the main business or shopping area in a town or city; downtown.

8.  town
Brit.

9.  town
a village or hamlet in which a periodic market or fair is held.

10. (adj.) town
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a town.

11.  town
Informal.

12.  town
to accomplish something with great speed and efficiency.

13.  town
to indulge oneself in a fling or binge.

14.  town
on the town,

15.  town
Informal. in quest of entertainment in a city's nightclubs, bars, etc.; out to have a good time.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME toun, tun, OE tūn enclosure, farmstead, village, c. OFris, OS, ON tūn, OHG zūn enclosure, fence, OIr dún fort)

Definition of 'Town' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) town
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
"they drive through town on their way to work"

2. (noun) town, townspeople, townsfolk
the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
"the whole town cheered the team"

3. (noun) township, town
an administrative division of a county
"the town is responsible for snow removal"

4. (noun) Town, Ithiel Town
United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)


Definition of 'Town' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) town
an area people live together in, that is smaller than a city
an industrial town; my home town in Kansas

2.  town
the central area of a town
We want to buy a house right in town.; We're going into town to do some Christmas shopping.

3.  town
go to town
to put a lot of effort into doing sth
They really went to town, planning this reunion.


Definition of 'Town' Webster Dictionary 

1.  Town
formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls

2.  Town
any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop

3.  Town
any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities

4.  Town
the body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways

5.  Town
a township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country

6.  Town
the court end of London;-- commonly with the

7.  Town
the metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country

8.  Town
a farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard


Translation of 'Town' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a group of houses, shops, schools etc, that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city
I'm going into town to buy a dress; He's in town doing some shopping.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dorp Arabic flag Arabic: مَدينَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: град
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vila Czech flag Czech: město German flag German: die Stadt
Danish flag Danish: by; byen Greek flag Greek: πόλη Spanish flag Spanish: ciudad
Estonian flag Estonian: linn Farsi flag Farsi: شهرک Finnish flag Finnish: kaupunki
French flag French: (petite) ville Hebrew flag Hebrew: עִיר Hindi flag Hindi: नगर
Croatian flag Croatian: grad, mjesto Hungarian flag Hungarian: város Indonesian flag Indonesian: kota kecil
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kaupstaður, bær Italian flag Italian: città; cittadina Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: miestas Latvian flag Latvian: pilsēta
Malay flag Malay: bandar Dutch flag Dutch: stad Norwegian flag Norwegian: by
Polish flag Polish: miasto Persian flag Persian: شهرک Pashto flag Pashto: ښارګى، ښار، بازار، كلى (
Portuguese flag Portuguese: vila Romanian flag Romanian: oraş (mic) Russian flag Russian: (небольшой) город(ок)
Slovak flag Slovak: mesto Slovenian flag Slovenian: mesto Serbian flag Serbian: gradić
Swedish flag Swedish: stad Thai flag Thai: เขตเมือง Turkish flag Turkish: kasaba
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 城鎮 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: місто; містечко Urdu flag Urdu: قصبہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thị trấn, thị xã Chinese flag Chinese: 城镇

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