out-of-town - Longman Dictionary

out-of-town ; out-of-townˌout-of-ˈtown adjective [only before noun] ; 1 to, from, or in another town out-of-town visitors ; 2 British English on the edge of a town ... out-of-townFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishout-of-townˌout-of-ˈtownadjective[onlybeforenoun]    1to,from,orinanothertown  out-of-townvisitors2BritishEnglishontheedgeofatown  out-of-townshoppingcentresExamplesfromtheCorpusout-of-town•ThesehotelsareanewadditiontoKuoni'shotelprogramme,whichpreviouslyconcentratedondeluxeandout-of-townaccommodation.•Nowmostofhercontactswereout-of-townbusinessmen,farmorescaredofcomebacksthanshe'deverhavetobe.•UntilnowGaryhadbeenanout-of-towndesigner,ofcourse.•Towncentreshopsfaceathreatfromlargeout-of-towndevelopmentswhichofferhundredsofshopsunderoneroof.•Matalan,theout-of-towndiscountretailer,tookthebiggesthit.•TheDirectionwasissuedinresponsetogrowingconcernatthespreadoflarge,out-of-townretaildevelopments,someongreenfieldsites.•anout-of-townshoppingcentre•Wearenotconvincedthattheattractionofout-of-townshoppingisentirelyaresponsetoconsumerdemand.•Themuseumattractsalotofout-of-townvisitors.FromLongmanBusinessDictionaryout-of-townˌout-of-ˈtownadjective[onlybeforeanoun]1to,from,orinanothertownout-of-townvisitors2BritishEnglishontheedgeofatownthetrendtowardsout-of-townshoppingcentres Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics School Animals Photography Statistics Seealltopics Wordoftheday onpurpose deliberately