uptown

adjective up·town \ ˈəp-ˈtau̇n \

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

Definition of uptown

1 : of or relating to uptown

an uptown restaurant

2 : fashionably upscale

an uptown dress

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uptown

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The company owns Scottsdale hot spots Bottled Blonde, Hi-Fi Kitchen + Cocktails, Bevvy and RnR Gastropub, as well as uptown Phoenix's Stock & Stable and the bar hidden above it, Honor Amongst Thieves.

— lorraine longhi, azcentral, "Luxury homes: Restaurant/club owners buy $4.4M Paradise Valley mansion," 21 May 2018
Though the downtown portion of the show focuses on love and acceptance, the uptown portion is obsessed with status, power, and money—and avoiding inclusion with minority groups at all costs.

— paul chi, HWD, "Why Ryan Murphy’s New Trans Drama, Pose, Is So Personal," 18 May 2018
Christie Brinkley, director Bill Holderman, and screenplay cowriter Erin Simms also joined the cast members uptown to promote the feel-good film that follows four lifelong friends.

— Vogue, "Candice Bergen Celebrates Her New Movie Book Club at Its New York Premiere," 16 May 2018
The story juxtaposes the luxury of the Trump universe uptown with the art scene and ball culture downtown.

— eliana dockterman, Time, "All the New TV Shows You Need to Watch This Summer," 6 May 2018
In late March, Bri popped up on a stretch of Seventh Street that’s the chill alter ego of its glitzy uptown counterpart.

— dominic armato, azcentral, "Eat Here First in May: 3 new restaurants to try before everybody else does," 15 May 2018
The bus was heading to a bar in uptown Charlotte Tuesday night after leaving the college’s campus, according to WCNC.

— harriet sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, "Sorority Sister Dies When She Falls Through Party Bus Window, and Police Are Investigating," 4 May 2018
Read More Pricey uptown apartments have Charlotte’s highest vacancy rates.

— ely portillo, charlotteobserver, "This company has a solution for pricey, empty apartments: Turn them into hotel rooms | Charlotte Observer," 30 Apr. 2018
Coppola went down some steps to a passageway leading to the uptown track.

— rachel aviv, The New Yorker, "Sketching the M.T.A. with a Subway Archeologist," 30 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of uptown

1796

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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uptown

noun up·town \ ˈəp-ˌtau̇n \

Definition of uptown

: the upper part of a town or city; especially : the residential district

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The man was a ceramic-pottery instructor at a studio uptown.

— weike wang, The New Yorker, "Omakase," 6 June 2018
The exhibit opens to the public on Thursday and spreads across 25 galleries and 60,000 square feet from the Met Fifth Avenue to the Met Cloisters uptown.

— cara kelly, USA TODAY, "'Heavenly Bodies' is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s largest, most ambitious exhibit to date," 9 May 2018
The busiest station is the main station uptown, at the Charlotte Transportation Center, which had 4,835 boardings in a 24-hour period.

— steve harrison, charlotteobserver, "Charlotte's light rail isn't meeting ridership projections. Will it get better? | Charlotte Observer," 25 May 2018
The 25th season of the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane will run from June 1-July 22 in the Lupin Theater on the Tulane uptown campus.

— nola community submission, NOLA.com, "New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane celebrates 25 years," 22 May 2018
There was room on the plate, too, for excellent sweet potato fries and a dollop of divine sauteed kale with smoked bacon that tasted at once down-home and uptown.

— tim smith, baltimoresun.com, "Exceptional food, pleasant setting at Kings Contrivance Restaurant," 17 May 2018
Wall Street’s next big relocation came after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, as backup facilities outside the city were expanded, and more firms began moving uptown.

— rob urban, Bloomberg.com, "Wall Street Is Moving, and It’s Reshaping New York," 14 May 2018
The new roughly Whole Foods is uptown's first full-sized grocery store.

— katherine peralta, charlotteobserver, "Whole Foods sets opening date for new uptown store | Charlotte Observer," 2 May 2018
The lifestyle has caught on uptown: Her eponymous catering company has supplied organic vegan food for such fastidious fashionistas as Diane von Furstenberg, Valentino Garavani, and Donna Karan.

— ben widdicombe, Town & Country, "An Unofficial History of Rich Women and Their Diets," 10 Apr. 2018

First Known Use of uptown

1844

in the meaning defined above

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uptown

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Definition of uptown for English Language Learners

: the upper part of a city or town : the part of a city or town that is away from the central part

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adverb up·town \ ˈəp-ˈtau̇n \

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: to, toward, or in what is thought of as the upper part of a town or city

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