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Meaning of "town centre" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN CENTRE

town centre  [taʊn ˈsɛntə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOWN CENTRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Town centre 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 CENTRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

town centre

Town centre

The town centre is the term used to refer to the commercial or geographical centre or core area of a town. Town centres are traditionally associated with shopping or retail. They are also the centre of communications with major public transport hubs such as train or bus stations. Public buildings including town halls, museums and libraries are often found in town centres. Town centres are symbolic to settlements as a whole and often contain the best examples of architecture, main landmark buildings, statues and public spaces associated with a place.

Definition of town centre in the English dictionary

The definition of town centre in the dictionary is the most important commercial or business area of a town, containing most of the shops, banks, restaurants etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOWN CENTRE


absenter
æbˈsɛntə
augmenter
ɔːɡˈmɛntə
center
ˈsɛntə
centre
ˈsɛntə
commenter
ˈkɒmɛntə
concentre
kɒnˈsɛntə
enter
ˈɛntə
epicenter
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
epicentre
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
inventor
ɪnˈvɛntə
Jobcentre
ˈdʒɒbˌsɛntə
magenta
məˈdʒɛntə
orienter
ˈɔːrɪˌɛntə
placenta
pləˈsɛntə
presenter
prɪˈzɛntə
recentre
riːˈsɛntə
renter
ˈrɛntə
right-of-centre
ˌraɪtəvˈsɛntə
supercenter
ˈsuːpərˌsɛntə
tenter
ˈtɛntə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOWN CENTRE

town
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
townie

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOWN CENTRE

business centre
call centre
city centre
community centre
conference centre
convention centre
craft centre
drop-in centre
exhibition centre
fitness centre
garden centre
health centre
information centre
leisure centre
rencontre
resource centre
service centre
shopping centre
sports centre
the Centre
training centre

Synonyms and antonyms of town centre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «town centre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOWN CENTRE

Find out the translation of town centre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of town centre 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 centre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

城镇中心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

centro urbano
570 millions of speakers

English

town centre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शहर के केंद्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وَسَطُ الـمَدِينَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

центр города
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

centro da cidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শহরের প্রাণকেন্দ্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

centre-ville
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pusat bandar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stadtzentrum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

町の中心部
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pusat kutha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trung tâm thành phố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகர மையம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शहर केंद्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şehir merkezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

centro città
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śródmieście
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

центр міста
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

centrul orașului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κέντρο πόλης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sentrum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stadskärna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bysentrum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of town centre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOWN CENTRE»

The term «town centre» is very widely used and occupies the 21.085 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOWN CENTRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «town centre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «town centre» 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 centre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOWN CENTRE»

Discover the use of town centre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to town centre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Regenerating Town Centres
ing regeneration measures since they are often substantial town centre landowners themselves. But town centres often lack political significance. They contain few residents and expenditure in them lacks the immediacy of impact in electoral ...
Richard Evans, 1997
2
The Retail Directory
NEWHAM TOWN CENTRE MANAGEMENT 238 Romford Road, Forest Gate, London E7 9HZ Tel: 020 8221 0399 Fax: 020 851 9 1452 W: www.newham.gov. uk NEWPORT TOWN CENTRE MANAGEMENT Civic Centre, Newport, Gwent NP20 ...
Hemming Information Services, 2006
3
Small Town Sustainability: Economic, Social, and ...
COURT HILL TOWN CENTRE PARKING THE CROSS The parkland at Court Hill provides an opportunity for access to a major recThe main method of transport to the town is undoubt- edly the car with the railway station removed from The ...
Paul Knox, Heike Mayer, 2009
4
The Enterprising City Centre: Manchester's Development Challenge
This commitment unveiled a new orthodoxy in relation to town-centre management, with emerging central government advice recognising the need to plan and to actively manage town-centre environments. and marking a rehabilitation of ...
Gwyndaf Williams, 2003
5
Shopping Environments
The different types of town centre shopping, which are located in the urban centre of towns or cities and listed in Fig. 5.1, are examined here. Before reviewing the different types of town centre shopping the Chapter continues to expand some ...
Peter Coleman, 2007
6
Town and Country Planning in the UK
sequential approach which in considering development proposals gives first priority to town centre sites, followed by edge-of-centre sites, district and local centres, and then out-of-centre sites, giving preference to those that are accessible by ...
Barry Cullingworth, Vincent Nadin, 2006
7
Place Reinvention: Northern Perspectives
In the survey, the respondents were asked questions about, among other things, the town centre in general, meeting ... in the town centre, an annual medieval festival, and preferred ways of participating in urban planning and management.
Dr Torill Nyseth, Professor Arvid Viken, 2012
8
HKU SPACE and Its Alumni: The First Fifty Years
That is why Convocation strongly advocates the University to expand the Extra- Mural Department and to urgently request Government to provide this department with a permanent town centre. The existence of a permanent centre for the ...
Lawrence M. W. Chiu, Peter Cunich, 2008
9
Public Relations Cases and Readings: International Perspectives
However, according to the public relations consultancy, 'calling them the Association of Town Centre Management in the North West was a bit of a mouthful, so we termed them the North West Towns' Consortium, which was the umbrella under ...
Daniel Moss, Barbara DeSanto, 2005
10
Shopping Centre Development (RLE Retailing and Distribution)
They need plenty of space, good road access and ample parking, and these are often difficult to find in town centre locations. As a result they have applied pressure to be allowed to open in non-central sites, thus running foul of the desire of ...
John Dawson, Dennis Lord, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOWN CENTRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term town centre is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Calls for free parking in all town centres to save the high street
Instead councils should be focusing their efforts on supporting our town centres and motorists, not by raising money through over-zealous enforcement.'. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Shoppers flood back to town centre after vandals smash up pay and …
"Instead of going out of town to Tesco or Aldi, people can stay in the centre for five or six hours without having to pay or worry about getting a ticket. They can go ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Watford bomb scare: 'Suspicious item' detonated in town centre as …
A controlled explosion has been carried out in Watford after a 'suspicious item' was found in the town centre. One man has been arrested in connection with the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Video: Swarm of bees brings Farnham town centre to a standstill
A SWARM of bees which "turned the sky black" brought Farnham town centre to a standstill this afternoon (Wednesday). Rob Swift, COO of ... «Surrey Mirror, May 15»
5
Clacton murder probe: town centre faces disruption for rest of today
Station Road was closed from its junction with Rosemary Road through to Pier Avenue and Rosemary Road was closed from Station Road to Orwell Road. «Clacton and Frinton Gazette, Apr 15»
6
Labour man visits town centre barbers after pledge to trim business …
LABOUR'S shadow small business minister hopped into the chair of a town centre barbers as he launched his pledge to trim business rates for small companies ... «Warrington Guardian, Apr 15»
7
Sir Ian McKellen to be honoured with a star in Wigan town centre
Sir Ian McKellen, the actor best known for his roles as Gandalf and Magneto in the Tolkien film adaptations and X-Men series, is to be honoured with a star in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
8
IIO called to police-involved shooting near Lougheed Town Centre
WATCH: The Independent Investigations Office is continuing to gather evidence from a police-involved shooting near Lougheed Town Centre. Jill Bennett ... «Globalnews.ca, Mar 15»
9
Police chase motorcyclist through Guildford Town Centre (VIDEO)
Remember the motorcyclist who drove through Guildford Town Centre in a high-stakes getaway from Surrey RCMP? On February 20, 2015 we reported police ... «Vancity Buzz, Mar 15»
10
Corby town centre land sold for more than £70m
Helical Bar investment director, Duncan Walker, said the town centre had been an "extremely successful" asset "having been acquired at the bottom of the ... «BBC News, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Town centre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/town-centre>. Apr 2024 ».
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