town
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1.0
- noun
- /taʊn/
- I grew up in a small town where everyone knew each other.
- a small town
- come to town
- the town hall
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Watch on YouTubeThis woman literally left town with no word.
- This woman literally left town with no word.
- In Sharp Objects, that town is its own character.
- He'd say why do the main roads not pass through the town, through the slums?
- Only black kid in this all white town, super, super, super poor.
- Sharon, for those who don't know, is a suburban town close to Boston.
- Well, he was from the town of Sverdlovsk.
- And so he stayed off the grid in this little town until he passed.
- And he could, you know, zip from town to town, go undercover.
- It was a hilltop town in the South in summer.
- But it's an ode to the town that's allowed us to thrive.
- I'm going into town and I'm going to the dentist.
Examples
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I'll be leaving town for a little while.
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Sharon, for those who don't know, is a suburban town close to Boston.
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This is where we're going to build our town, OK?
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The man in town asked where we live.
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- We're gonna go to town and buy us a car.
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This is no town for a girl like her.
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Town Square magazine wanted stories about small American towns and what made them special.
Academic text (2011) -
"Do you feel safe in Logan?" I asked, about a town where most residents never lock their doors.
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The next day, the sisters head to town to sell the wolf.
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I didn't want to leave the town that I lived in my whole life.
Synonyms
407
1.5
A community with few people and few shops
47
4.4
A town or city that has its own local government and the people who run it
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3.9
A town planned and built in a new area with houses, shops, and schools
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3.2
A small community outside a city where people live
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5.8
A town owned by one business where workers live and shop
3
3.1
A town that regularly holds a public market
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3.4
A town where the county government has its main offices
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8.4
A town that is the main place for county government, like where the courthouse is
Idioms
- Offensive
To make someone suddenly need to go to the toilet after eating
Compounds
29
3.4
A meeting where local people ask officials questions and discuss community issues
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Town comes from the old English word tun, meaning 'enclosure' or 'farm', a fenced place where people lived and worked. Over time these enclosures grew into villages with shops and a center, so town now means a place larger than a village but smaller than a city.