town

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1.
(countable, uncountable)A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.
3.
(UK, countable, historical, uncountable)A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
4.
(countable, uncountable)The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
5.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)(colloquial, used without an article) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
Call me when you get to town.
They put up "lost dog" posters all over town.
My apartment is five minutes from the center of town.
It's quiet in this part of town.
6.
(countable, uncountable)A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
7.
(countable, informal, uncountable)(informal, real estate) A townhouse.
8.
(countable, uncountable)(law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
9.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.
10.
(Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)(UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

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Cognate with Tuun, tún, tuin, Tuun, Zaun, tun, tun and tun; also archaic din, dún. dun. See also -ton and tine (to enclose).