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uptown

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 uptown /ˈʌpˌtaʊn/ noun
plural uptowns
1 uptown
/ˈʌpˌtaʊn/
noun
plural uptowns
Learner's definition of UPTOWN
[count] chiefly US
: the upper part of a city or town : the part of a city or town that is away from the central part市郊usually singular通常用单数
compare downtown
2 uptown /ˈʌpˈtaʊn/ adverb
2 uptown
/ˈʌpˈtaʊn/
adverb
Learner's definition of UPTOWN
chiefly US
: to, toward, or in the upper part of a city or town往市郊;在市郊

— uptown

adjective, always used before a noun
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uptown

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adjective

up·​town ˈəp-ˈtau̇n How to pronounce uptown (audio)
1
: of or relating to uptown
an uptown restaurant
2
: fashionably upscale
an uptown dress
uptown adverb

uptown

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noun

up·​town ˈəp-ˌtau̇n How to pronounce uptown (audio)
: the upper part of a city or town
also : the residential district of a city or town

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
With her sleek bob and high cheekbones, Kendall fits right into Ralph's uptown-lady duds. Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022 Bazaar annual Icons party, this year celebrating the 150th anniversary of Bloomingdale’s and held at the famed department store’s location in uptown Manhattan. Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022 For the rest of the month, the downtown hot spot will take a trip uptown with the opening of the American Bar pop-up located on Nordstrom’s third floor. Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022 Despite its quintessentially downtown location, Les Trois Chevaux is distinctly uptown in spirit. Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022 The uptown native walks around the five boroughs gently roasting strangers and, more often than not, inanimate objects. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2022 The exodus is most glaring in the 12th District, where Mr. Nadler and Ms. Maloney were drawn together after three decades serving side by side and are now fighting (alongside a third candidate, Suraj Patel) over uptown voters who like them both. New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022 Violin studio expands again: Sarah Icardi, the young woman who owns Sarah’s Violin Studio in uptown Medina, reports that another teacher is joining her team. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2022 Herby eventually closed the uptown Dub’s in 2000, and seven years after that, Jimmy and Kitty got the itch to retire and decided to sell the downtown location. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2022
Noun
The week-long extravaganza begins this Friday and consists of busy days spent running uptown and downtown to attend shows and nights out at bustling after parties and events. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022 In New York City, the firm lists no offices in Manhattan uptown of West 81st Street, along with locations in affluent Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope, but none in the lower-income Bronx or working-class Queens. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 On Friday, the ceremony and reception were held at Felicity Church, a restored church that now serves as an event space uptown. Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 6 July 2022 The Drifter in Mid-City, The Country Club in Bywater and The Chloe uptown. Nathaniel Adams, Chron, 29 July 2022 The magazine’s white photographers would not venture into the chaos uptown, and no Black artists were on staff to illustrate the impending story. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 The Haitian-Puerto Rican American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat bridged the gap between uptown and downtown, concocting a splintered style that spoke to the decade’s social disintegration. New York Times, 1 June 2022 With two teenage children, the couple had previously lived downtown in lofts and were eager to bring their minimal sensibility uptown. Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2022 This year, the fireworks take place in two locations, one uptown at Northside Park, and one downtown, on the beach at North Division Street. Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1844, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uptown was in 1796
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