How do you use the word "town" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "town" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "town": This is the town I told you about. In a town you may pass unnoticed, whereas in a village it's impossible.

Town Meaning

/ˈtaʊ̯n/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA 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)

nounAny more urbanized centre than the place of reference.

Sentence Examples

This is the town I told you about.

In a town you may pass unnoticed, whereas in a village it's impossible.

The nearest town is ten miles away.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

township townspeople

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The small ____ had only one grocery store and a post office.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I am going into ____ this afternoon to do some shopping and meet a friend for a cup of coffee today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnombor. Proto-Germanic *tūną Proto-West Germanic *tūn Old English tūn Middle English toun English town Inherited from Middle English toun, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós (“lasting, durable”), from *dewh₂- (“to last”) + *-nós. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tuun (“garden”), West Frisian tún (“enclosure, garden”), Dutch tuin (“garden”), German Low German Tuun (“fence”), German Zaun (“fence”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tun (“yard”); also archaic Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”). Doublet of dun. See also -ton and tine (“to enclose”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Apparently the first reference to the making of the town walls of Stafford (it appears pretty clear that the town was never surrounded by one continuous wall or stockade, but partly by one and partly by the other) occurs in the Patent Rolls, from which we find that in 1225 permission was granted by the king to the "good men of Stafford” to collect customs or tolls for a period to enable them to enclose the town." — 1920, Birmingham Archaeological Society, Transactions and Proceedings for the Year, page 142:

"Walls separated town and country through much of the early modern period. Walls not only protected towns, they also helped give them a sense of autonomy and identity." — 2001, Thomas Brennan, “Town and country in France , 1550–1750”, in S. R. Epstein, editor, Town and Country in Europe, 1300-1800, page 250:

"Fortifications and town walls clearly highlight the central military significance of towns." — 2011, Mikuláš Teich, Dušan Kováč, Martin D. Brown, Slovakia in History, page 42:

"As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares." — 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:

"The medieval town, at least in continental Europe, was walled, and without its defences it was no town." — 2014, Norman John Greville Pounds, An Economic History of Medieval Europe, page 228:

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