uptown
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- adjective
- /ˈʌpˌtaʊn/
- US
:
del barrio alto
- The apartment is spacious, with uptown architectural touches.
- uptown neighborhood
- uptown Manhattan
- uptown theater
Yes, no, I I'd come here on holiday with my parents and take in the Uptown bus tour, which is Lincoln Center, LOL.
- Yes, no, I I'd come here on holiday with my parents and take in the Uptown bus tour, which is Lincoln Center, LOL.
- And she comes back and there's these two Uptown uppity lawyers and there's this funny scene where she basically lays out that she's saved the day.
Examples
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There were two major divisions in the Women's Liberation Movement: the uptown women and the downtown women.
Blog text (27) -
The uptown neighborhood is known for its classy boutiques and charming cafes.
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If you live far uptown, actually, snow and ice are a big problem.
Blog text (24) -
My office is only, like, a few blocks uptown, so...
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"I hardly ever get uptown, and I was looking forward to one of those little French places.
Fiction book (1996) -
Though the man is from New York City, he lives uptown in the quiet, nearly suburban gloom of the Upper East Side.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mother sold curtains and draperies at the uptown branch of Kerr's, about a dozen blocks from our house.
Fiction book (1993) -
JD's bar is an impressive sort of uptown-downtown establishment with pretty girls serving a laddish clientele.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was a soft-woven intern with Diane von Furstenberg at the company's uptown Manhattan design studio.
Academic text (2012) -
She prefers to live in an uptown area where the streets are quiet and safe.
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Etymology
Uptown comes from the simple parts up and town, with the idea of 'in the upper or nicer part of a city'. That's why as an adjective uptown describes places or people from that upper, often more fashionable, area.