uptown

[ adverb, noun uhp-toun; adjective uhp-toun ]

/ adverb, noun ˈʌpˈtaʊn; adjective ˈʌpˌtaʊn /

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adverb

to, toward, or in the upper part of a town or city: He rode uptown on the bus.

adjective

moving toward, situated in, or pertaining to the upper part of a town: Take the uptown bus.

of, for, or characteristic of affluent people; elegant, stylish, or luxurious: uptown fashions; uptown tastes.

noun

the uptown section of a town or city: Uptown is less crowded.

Origin of uptown

First recorded in 1830–40; up- + town

OTHER WORDS FROM uptown

up·town·er, noun

Words nearby uptown

uptilt, uptime, uptitling, upton, uptorn, uptown, uptrade, uptrend, upturn, upturned, upu

Example sentences from the Web for uptown

I trudged in some direction, uptown I hoped, toward my hotel, which was not really near Fifth Avenue and probably not uptown.

Writers on Their Difficult—And Not So Difficult—Break-Ups with New York City | |October 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It was the fall of 1968, the first day of class at Dominican College in uptown New Orleans.

The Professor and the Doomsday Clock: ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ & Signs of John Kennedy Toole’s Suicide |Cory MacLauchlin |December 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
As people were packing their cars to evacuate back then, I was in an uptown hospital in labor.

Waiting Out Hurricane Isaac in New Orleans |Katy Reckdahl |August 29, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The president of the United States made that remark just uptown of where “loss of life” occurred in Chicago—right here in America.

Obama Talks Afghanistan Loss of Life at NATO Summit But Silent on Chicago Carnage |Michael Daly |May 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

There are downtown designers and uptown ones—both in temperament and in geography.

Designing for the One Percent at New York Fashion Week |Robin Givhan |February 14, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Uptown the account stands a little better, but there are easily ten saloons to every church to-day.

How the Other Half Lives |Jacob A. Riis
At the end of twenty minutes the clever young driver slowed down upon approaching an uptown corner, and signaled Nick to get out.

With Links of Steel |Nicholas Carter
If it happens that any folk are down from the uptown hotels, Peter Pan consents to sell a ukulele between his encores.

Hints to Pilgrims |Charles Stephen Brooks
They were standing on the corner waiting for an uptown car but not one was in sight.

Polly in New York |Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Uptown some devoted soul was ringing a bell; and turning it away over and over, to judge by the sounds.

Gold |Stewart White

British Dictionary definitions for uptown

uptown

/ (ˈʌpˈtaʊn) US and Canadian /

adjective, adverb

towards, in, or relating to some part of a town that is away from the centre

noun

such a part of a town, esp a residential part

Derived forms of uptown

uptowner, noun

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adjective, adverb

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uptown

adverb

adjective

noun

Origin of uptown

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Words nearby uptown

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adjective, adverb

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