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uptown

/ˈʌptaʊn/

adjective 3
noun 2
adverb 1
forms 7

adjective3

(US, Canada) In the upper part of a town.
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(US, Canada) Of or relating to an affluent area or population.
- uptown problems
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(US) In or of the central commercial center of Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Thus when he raised hell and got a toilet in uptown Charlotte for Negroes, he was not regarded as an agitator but as a public-spirited citizen. — 1956

noun2

(US, Canada) The residential part of a city, which is usually away from the central business district.
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(US) The commercial center of town (in Charlotte, North Carolina).
- Charlotte / Douglas International Airport, a U.S. Air hub, is about twenty minutes from uptown and is the[…] — 1997

adverb1

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(US, Canada) To or in the upper part of a town.
- Let's go uptown and try out that new restaurant.

forms

uptowns · farther uptown · further uptown · more uptown · farthest uptown · furthest uptown · most uptown

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