Out-of-town definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Out-of-town is used to describe people who do not live in a particular town or city, but have travelled there for a particular purpose. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'out-of-town'    Share× Credits× out-of-town 1. adjective[ADJECTIVEnoun] Out-of-townshopsorfacilitiesaresituatedawayfromthecentreofatownorcity. ...shoppingatcheaper,out-of-townsupermarkets. 2. adjective[ADJECTIVEnoun] Out-of-townisusedtodescribepeoplewhodonotliveinaparticulartownorcity,buthavetravelledthereforaparticularpurpose. ...adeluxehotelforout-of-townvisitors. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'out-of-town' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'saladdays' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps out-of-towninBritishEnglish (ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn) adjective1. notlocatedintown shoppingatcheaper,out-of-townsupermarkets 2. fromadifferentplace adeluxehotelforout-of-townvisitors CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers out-of-towninAmericanEnglish (ˈautəvˌtaun) adjective1. of,pertainingto,orfromanothercityortown We'reexpectingout-of-townvisitorstomorrow 2. takingplaceinanothercityortown theout-of-towntryoutofanewplay Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1815–25] out-of-towninRetail (aʊtəvtaʊn) adjective(Retail:Outlets) Out-of-townstoresorshoppingmallsarelocatedoutsidethemaincentralshoppingareaofatownorcityandoftenhavingplentyoffreecarparking. Manycustomersprefertodrivetoout-of-townretaildevelopments,whereparkingiseasier. Manyretailingactivitieschangedlocationtoout-of-towncomplexesbecauseoftheavailabilityoflargeareasofunusedlandwhichwascheap incomparisontolandwithinthetownorcitycenter. Out-of-townstoresorshoppingmallsarelocatedoutsidethemaincentralshoppingareaofa townorcityandoftenhavingplentyoffreecarparking. COBUILDKeyWordsforRetail.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Examplesof'out-of-town'inasentence out-of-town Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Onlinedeliverieshavealsodeterredpeoplefromvisitingout-of-townsuperstores.Times,SundayTimes(2014)Headdedthatout-of-townshoppingcentresdidnotpresenttheonlydanger.Times,SundayTimes(2011)Takeout-of-townshoppingcentresasanexampleoflandprofligacy.Times,SundayTimes(2015)Ittradesfromout-of-townretailparksandisexpandingrapidly.Times,SundayTimes(2010)Environmentalconcernsmayhaveaneffectonthemovetowardsout-of-townshopping.TomCannonBasicMarketing.PrinciplesandPractice(1986)Howabouttheacresofout-of-townretailcarparks?Times,SundayTimes(2016)Itpredictsthatroadsleadingtoout-of-townshoppingcentresandthemeparkswillbesomeofthebusiest.Times,SundayTimes(2011)Areviewidentified250postsinout-of-townsuperstoresthatwerenolongerrequired.Times,SundayTimes(2007) Inotherlanguages out-of-town BritishEnglish:out-of-town ADJECTIVE/ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn/Out-of-townshopsorfacilitiesaresituatedawayfromthecentreofatownorcity....shoppingatcheaper,out-of-townsupermarkets.AmericanEnglish:out-of-town /ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn/BrazilianPortuguese:foradacidade Chinese:郊区的EuropeanSpanish:delasafueras French:enpériphérie German:außerhalbderStadt Italian:fuoricittà Japanese:町はずれにあるKorean:도시외곽의EuropeanPortuguese:foradacidade LatinAmericanSpanish:delasafueras Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically out-of-town out-of-the-way out-of-the-wayplace out-of-town out-of-towner out-pupil out-quarters AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'O' Source Definitionofout-of-townfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. NewfromCollins QuickwordchallengeQuizReviewQuestion:1 - Score:0/5 happy or pleased?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. happy pleased asLarryapple or plum?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. apple plumthe ofyoureyeguts or socks?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. socks gutsworkyour offstomach or throat?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. throat stomachhaveafroginyour red or white?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. white reda elephantYourscore:CheckSeetheanswerNextNextquizReview Mar26,2022 Wordoftheday saladdays aperiodofyouthandinexperience SEEFULLDEFINITION SEEPREVIOUSWORDS Signupforournewsletter Getthelatestnewsandgainaccesstoexclusiveupdatesandoffers Signmeup LatestWordSubmissions CTA Mar25,2022 loiteringmunition Mar25,2022 tracky Mar25,2022 lifecourse Mar25,2022 ViewMoreSubmit BritishScienceWeek2022:TalkingaboutGrowth! ForBritishScienceWeek,atCollinsDictionaries,wefindtherearelotsofwonderfulwordswecanusetotalkaboutgrowth. Readmore FASHION!6subcultures&trendstowatchoutforin2022 Tocelebratebrand-newdesignscominghotofftherunway,wetakeafreshlookatsomeofthemostpopularfashionsubculturesandtrends. Readmore WorldHearingDay Thursday3MarchisWorldHearingDay.Thisisanannualeventtopromoteawarenessofhearinglossandadvocateformeasurestoavoidit. Readmore CollinsEnglishDictionaryApps DownloadourEnglishDictionaryapps-availableforbothiOSandAndroid. Readmore CollinsDictionariesforSchools Ournewonlinedictionariesforschoolsprovideasafeandappropriateenvironmentforchildren.Andbestofallit'sadfree,sosignupnowandstartusingathomeorintheclassroom. Readmore Wordlists Wehavealmost200listsofwordsfromtopicsasvariedastypesofbutterflies,jackets,currencies,vegetablesandknots! Amazeyourfriendswithyournew-foundknowledge! Readmore WordleHelper StuckatWordle?Tryourhelpertomaintainyourcurrentstreak! QuickwordchallengeQuizReviewQuestion:1 - Score:0/5 palate or palette or pallet?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. palette palate palletSmooththetopusinga knife.shaken or shook?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. shook shakenThenurse thethermometerandputitundermyarm.began or begun?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. begun beganHehasjust hisfourthyearatuniversity.throne or thrown?Whichversioniscorrect?Shehadalreadythronethereceiptaway.Shehadalreadythrownthereceiptaway.key or quay?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. key quayShereachedforhercar .Yourscore:CheckSeetheanswerNextNextquizReview Fairies&folklore:someofliterature’smostfamousforests InhonouroftheInternationalDayofForests,CollinsDictionarydecidedtoexploresomeofliterature’smostfamousforests.Let'stakeastroll! March17,2022 Readmore CreateanaccountandsignintoaccessthisFREEcontent Registernoworlogintoaccess LANGUAGE English EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists French EnglishtoFrench FrenchtoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Sentences Quiz German EnglishtoGerman GermantoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Sentences Quiz Italian EnglishtoItalian ItaliantoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Sentences Quiz Spanish EnglishtoSpanish SpanishtoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Sentences Quiz Portuguese EnglishtoPortuguese PortuguesetoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Hindi EnglishtoHindi HinditoEnglish Chinese EnglishtoChinese ChinesetoEnglish Quiz Korean EnglishtoKorean KoreantoEnglish Japanese EnglishtoJapanese JapanesetoEnglish TRANSLATOR GAMES Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists Frenchgrammar Germangrammar Italiangrammar MandarinChinesecharacters Spanishgrammar Scrabble ScrabbleHome WordFinder Help Tools Scrabbleblog WordleHelper SCHOOLS HomeSchool PrimarySchool SecondarySchool BLOG RESOURCES Resources CollinsWordoftheDay PaulNobleMethod VideoPronunciations WordoftheYear CollinsAPI