Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The upper part of a town or city.
- adverb To, toward, or in the upper part of a town or city.
- adjective Of, relating to, or located uptown.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To or in the upper part of a town.
- Situated in or belonging to the upper part of a town: as, an up-town residence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Colloq. U. S. Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city
- adverb Colloq. U. S. To or in the upper part of a town.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
residential part of acity , away from thecommercial center
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb toward or in the upper part of town
- noun a residential part of town away from the central commercial district
- adjective of or located in the upper part of a town
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Examples
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A short distance away in the same area, generally, but a little bit of what we call uptown, over here is what you'll find is called Baptist Medical Center, is over here.
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Narration Bubble: The dopest graffiti gang in uptown Comet, The Raggs were as skilled as they were elusive.
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Keeping up with Reg's wintry theme from yesterday, I decided to leave the warm confines of my palatial winter estate in uptown Mitchieville to take a few pictures of what Mitchieville looked like after yesterdays storm.
Mitchieville Exposed 2008
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There is suitable dramatic tension throughout the book like when, following one lead, Joe takes a train uptown to The Hood, a vampire clan that takes no prisoners ... for longer than it takes to have them provide ghoulish entertainment, anyway.
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They too would be wrong as today is Blogfest 2007 at 'The Manor' in uptown Mitchieville.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Like the Mood Swings track I posted the other day, this song was recorded at Flowers Studio in uptown Minneapolis and features Senne on guitar, bass, piano and vocals, and local musician (of the Ocean Blue, Polara) Peter Anderson on drums.
It's not gonna make the telephone ring (Music (For Robots)) 2005
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Like the Mood Swings track I posted the other day, this song was recorded at Flowers Studio in uptown Minneapolis and features Senne on guitar, bass, piano and vocals, and local musician (of the Ocean Blue, Polara) Peter Anderson on drums.
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Toronto's transit traffic pattern of the last twelve or thirteen years, and particularly during the last five years, indicates a relatively high increase in uptown-crosstown traffic compared with the lower, more established routes.
Planning for Transportation in the Metropolitan Community 1959
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The courthouse area became known as uptown, and the railroad area became known as 'Downtown' or 'Whiteville Depot.'
WWAY NewsChannel 3 - Local News, Weather and Sports for Wilmington, NC and the Cape Fear Region 2009
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The courthouse area became known as uptown, and the railroad area became known as 'Downtown' or 'Whiteville Depot.'
WWAY NewsChannel 3 - Local News, Weather and Sports for Wilmington, NC and the Cape Fear Region 2009
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