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Meaning of "town" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOWN

Old English tūn village; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse tūn, Old High German zūn fence, Old Irish dūn.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN

town  [taʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Town is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size definition for what constitutes a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world.

Definition of town in the English dictionary

The first definition of town in the dictionary is a densely populated urban area, typically smaller than a city and larger than a village, having some local powers of government and a fixed boundary. Other definition of town is a city, borough, or other urban area. Town is also a territorial unit of local government that is smaller than a county; township.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOWN


breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn
Bridgetown
ˈbrɪdʒˌtaʊn
brown
braʊn
Chinatown
ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn
clown
klaʊn
countdown
ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn
crown
kraʊn
down
daʊn
downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn
Georgetown
ˈdʒɔːdʒˌtaʊn
gown
ɡaʊn
midtown
ˈmɪdˌtaʊn
noun
naʊn
out-of-town
ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn
Provincetown
ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn
showdown
ˈʃəʊˌdaʊn
shutdown
ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn
sit-down
ˈsɪtdaʊn
takedown
ˈteɪkdaʊn
upside-down
ˌʌpsaɪdˈdaʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOWN

towmond
town centre
town clerk
town council
town councillor
town crier
town dweller
town gas
town hall
town house
town life
town meeting
town milk
town plan
town planner
town planning
town-and-country planning
townee
Townes
townhall clock

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOWN

blown
Cape Town
go down
grown
Havana Brown
hold down
home town
known
low-down
Minister of the Crown
on one´s own
own
shown
sit down
thrown
unknown
up and down
up-and-down
upside down
well-known

Synonyms and antonyms of town in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TOWN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «town» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of town

Translation of «town» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOWN

Find out the translation of town to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of town from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «town» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ciudad
570 millions of speakers

English

town
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शहर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مدينة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

город
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শহর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ville
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bandar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stadt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kutha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thị trấn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शहर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kasaba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

città
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miasto
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

місто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oraș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πόλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dorp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

byen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of town

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOWN»

The term «town» is very widely used and occupies the 1.280 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of town
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «town».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «town» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «town» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about town

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10 QUOTES WITH «TOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word town.
1
Lauren Ambrose
I never thought about being on a series before. It seemed like such a big commitment. But I love going to work every day. This is not about ego, it's about work, and that's refreshing in this town.
2
Daniel Barenboim
I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.
3
Ishmael Beah
I had gone to a talent show - I was interested in American hip-hop music - with my older brother, to another town, and my town was attacked. I went from having an entire family to the next minute not having anything. It was very painful.
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Marisa Berenson
I think I was very shy and introverted when I was younger, and yet, when I got in front of the camera or went out on the town, I was able to go out half-naked and do anything.
5
Julie Burchill
As a precocious teen I dreamed of being Graham Greene. Well, as it turned out, I never wrote a great novel, sadly, and I never converted to Catholicism, happily, but I did do one thing he did. That is, in middle age I moved to a seaside town and got into a right barney with the local powers-that-be.
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James Cameron
I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth.
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Johnny Carson
New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.
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John Caudwell
I might have made more money if I had outsourced to India, and I knew I'd find it easier to hire senior managers in London. But I wanted to be in Stoke. What could be more satisfying than creating work for 3,000 people in my home town?
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Perry Chen
The kind of system Kickstarter uses has been used for hundreds of years. Unlike Medici-style patronage, where the richest people in town give large amounts of money, Kickstarter's system relies on the general public for funding projects, and rewards those backers.
10
Chris Colfer
I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOWN»

Discover the use of town in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to town and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Town: A Novel
But, as it turns out, pursuing Claire may be the most dangerous act of all. Racing to an explosive climax, The Town is a brash tale of robbery in all its forms—and an unforgettable odyssey of crime, love, ambition, and dreams.
Chuck Hogan, 2010
2
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Kiriyama Book Prize In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling.
Peter Hessler, 2010
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Wake the Town & Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica
But beyond its importance as the 'first' study of dancehall, this book is outstanding because of its theoretical sophistication, its comprehensive scope, and its firm grounding in extensive fieldwork among dancehall participants.
Norman C. Stolzoff, 2000
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The New Transit Town: Best Practices In Transit-Oriented ...
New Transit Town brings together leading experts in planning, transportation, and sustainable design—including Scott Bernstein, Peter Calthorpe, Jim Daisa, Sharon Feigon, Ellen Greenberg, David Hoyt, Dennis Leach, and Shelley Poticha—to ...
Hank Dittmar, Gloria Ohland, 2004
5
The Smartest Giant In Town
George didn't like being the scruffiest giant in town, so when he sees a new shop selling giant-size clothes he decides it's time to update his image.
Julia Donaldson, 2010
6
A Town Called Dehra
In This Delightful Collection, Ruskin Bond Introduces Us To The Dehradun He Knows Intimately And Loves Unreservedly&Mdash;The Town That He Had Spent Many Years Of His Childhood And Youth In. A Town Which, When He Knew It, Was One Of Pony ...
Ruskin Bond, 2008
7
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America
When a native of Iowa returns from England to wander across America's heartland in search of the perfect small town, the result is a string of hilarious anecdotes and biting social commentary
Bill Bryson, 1989
8
You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town
The South African novel of identity that "deserves a wide audience on a par with Nadine Gordimer."
Zoë Wicomb, 1987
9
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
'This marvellous book won the Wolfson History Prize and is a model of subtle but accessible writing about the past' Judith Rice, Guardian'Classicist Mary Beard has had a great time rooting about that ghostly place and she has brought it ...
Mary Beard, 2010
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town is the winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Kimberly Willis Holt, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term town is used in the context of the following news items.
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Powerful Tornadoes Smash Into Illinois Towns, Causing Injuries …
There is a threat of severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes across a wide area of the Midwest today, and towards the Northeast Monday. «The Weather Channel, Jul 15»
2
Spanish Town Finally Drops 'Kill Jews' Name
A Spanish village with a name that translates to “Camp Kill Jews” has finally officially changed its name to Castrillo Mota de Judios, or “Jews' Hill Camp.”. «TIME, Jun 15»
3
For Cape Town, a TV and Film Boom
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Moored off this coastal city's main highway, a fleet of pirate ships signals that a television- and film-industry boom is happening here ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
4
Possession 68% 32% 90 mins Preston North End Swindon Town
Nathan Byrne (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. ... Massimo Luongo (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. «BBC Sport, May 15»
5
Colorado town on edge after bicyclist's shooting death
WINDSOR, Colo. – Residents in a small northern Colorado town are on edge after a bicyclist was shot and killed on a rural road, about a month after a woman ... «Fox News, May 15»
6
Dozens killed in Colombian town hit by flood, mudslide
The avalanche of mud and debris roared through the alpine town of Salgar before dawn Monday, killing at least 58 people, but authorities said an undetermined ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
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Norwich players celebrate Cameron Jerome's goal in the 3-1 win …
Norwich secured a Championship play-off final against Middlesbrough after beating 10-man rivals Ipswich Town. With the score level at 1-1 after the first leg, ... «BBC Sport, May 15»
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Ipswich Town 1-1 Norwich City: Championship play-off semi-final …
Ipswich's Luke Chambers reacts: “The game was played at a good pace, it showed how much it means to us. We're taking something up the road, it's all the play ... «The Guardian, May 15»
9
Syria conflict: Islamists capture Jisr al-Shughur
Islamist rebels in Syria have taken over the key north-western town of Jisr al-Shughur, activists say. It was the last major town under government control in Idlib ... «BBC News, Apr 15»
10
Cops in small Missouri town greet black mayor with resignations
The new mayor of tiny Parma has a rebuilding job on her hands after most of the southeastern Missouri town's employees celebrated her election by quitting ... «USA TODAY, Apr 15»

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