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town(noun)/taʊn/ /taʊn/- a place with many houses, shops, etc. where people live and work. It is larger than a village but smaller than a city.
SEE ALSO Bean Town
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bean-town - The nearest town is ten miles away.
- a university/seaside/market town
- I live in a small town.
- How many people live in the town?
- We spent a month in the French town of Le Puy.
- They live in a rough part of town.
Extra Examples- I spent years moving from town to town.
- It was built as a new town in the 1960s.
- Kitzbühel is an ancient fortified town with fine medieval buildings.
- She has gone back to live in her home town.
- a 19th-century mill town that used to produce cotton
- a busy market town
- a lake just outside the town
- a sleepy provincial town in southern France
- a thriving holiday town
- the dusty border town of Eagle Pass, Texas
- the rolling hills that surround the town
- the sun-drenched beach towns of Southern California
- Sackville is a small university town in eastern Canada.
- the people who live in a particular town
SEE ALSO Our Town
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/our-town - The whole town is talking about it.
- the area of a town where most of the shops and businesses are
SEE ALSO downtown
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/downtown_1 - We are only five minutes from the centre of town.
- Mum's in town doing some shopping.
- Can you give me a lift into town?
- Millie hit the town, looking for excitement.
- a particular town where somebody lives and works or one that has just been referred to
SEE ALSO out-of-town (2)
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/out-of-town#outoftown_sng_2 - I'll be in town next week if you want to meet.
- This restaurant serves the best steaks in town.
- He married a girl from out of town.
- The gossips finally drove her out of town.
Extra Examples- He left town yesterday for a conference in Cape Town.
- I was out of town last week.
- They wanted to move out of town and start a new life in the country.
- They'll be back in town tomorrow.
- life in towns or cities as opposed to life in the country
- Pollution is just one of the disadvantages of living in the town.
- Do you prefer the town to the country?
- to do something with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, etc., especially by spending a lot of money
- They really went to town on the decorations for the party.
- a man who frequently goes to fashionable parties, clubs, theatres, etc.
- In his new suit, he looked quite the man about town.
- the most important thing of a particular type, or the only thing that is available
- visiting restaurants, clubs, theatres, etc. for entertainment, especially at night
- a night on the town
- How about going out on the town tonight?
- to go to a lot of different bars, clubs, etc. and enjoy yourself
Word Origin- Old English tūn ‘enclosed piece of land, homestead, village’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuin ‘garden’ and German Zaun ‘fence’.
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