downtown

Word parts

down + town

Preposition

Preposition downtown

1. In or in the direction of the center of a city or town.

   The bus is headed downtown.

2. (basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

   He took a shot from way downtown!

Noun

Singular downtown

Plural downtowns

1. (countable & uncountable) Either the lower, or the business center, of a city or town.

   The downtown was badly damaged in the war.

   The downtown stores usually open early.