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noun
- 1. a built-up area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, that is larger than a village and generally smaller than a city: "the hotel is eight miles from the nearest town"
- 2. the central part of a neighbourhood, with its business or shopping area: "Rachel left to drive back into town"
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1. a. : a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city. b. : a compactly settled area as distinguished from surrounding rural territory. c. : a large densely populated urban area : city. d. : an English village having a periodic fair or market. 2. : a particular town or city under consideration.
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than a city: a seaside / coastal town. a fishing / mining / industrial town. He was born in the small town of Castleford, in Yorkshire. We stayed in the best hotel in town.
A town is an area where people live that's bigger than a village and smaller than a city. A town has a specific boundary, a name, and (usually) its own government. A town is essentially a small city. It's got a smaller population and usually has fewer big apartment buildings and more single-family homes.
noun. a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government. a densely populated area of considerable size, as a city or borough.
n. 1. (Human Geography) a. a densely populated urban area, typically smaller than a city and larger than a village, having some local powers of government and a fixed boundary. b. ( as modifier ): town life. urban. 2. (Human Geography) a city, borough, or other urban area.
A town is a place with many streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than villages and smaller than cities. Many places that are called towns in Britain would be called cities in the United States. ...Saturday night in the small town of Braintree, Essex. [ + of] Parking can be tricky in the town centre.
TOWN definition: 1. a place where people live and work, usually larger than a village but smaller than a city: 2…. Learn more.
Definition of town noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the particular town or city in mind or referred to: living on the outskirts of town; to be out of town. a nearby or neighboring city; the chief town or city in a district: I am staying at a friend's apartment in town.
The definition of town varies widely from state to state, and in many states there is no official definition. In some states, the term town refers to an area of population distinct from others in some meaningful dimension, typically population or type of government.
