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Collocations for town - noun

1. place with many streets and buildings

ADJECTIVE

big, large, major
little, small, tiny (esp. AmE)
nearby, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding
ancient, historic, medieval, old
new
It was built as a new town in the 1960s. (BrE)
company (esp. AmE), factory (esp. AmE), farm (esp. AmE), industrial, mill, mining
a 19th-century mill town that used to produce cotton
busy
a busy market town
boom, thriving
Rio was a boom town and trade was thriving.
a thriving mining town
dusty, sleepy
the dusty border town of Eagle Pass, Texas
a sleepy provincial town in southern France
remote
country, provincial, rural
county (BrE)
Exeter, the county town of Devon
home, native
She has gone back to live in her home town.
border, frontier
mountain, prairie (esp. AmE)
beach (esp. AmE), coastal, seaside (esp. BrE)
the sun-drenched beach towns of Southern California
holiday (BrE), resort
cathedral, college (AmE), market, university (esp. BrE)
dormitory (BrE), satellite
fortified
Kitzbühel is an ancient fortified town.
shanty
ghost
It's been a ghost town since the gold rush ended.
twin (BrE)
Darlington's twin town of Amiens

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VERB + town

build, found
live in
How many people live in the town?
get out of, leave, move out of, skip (informal, esp. AmE)
He left town yesterday for a conference in Cape Town.
They wanted to move out of town and start a new life in the country.
surround
the rolling hills that surround the town

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town + VERB

flourish, grow

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town + NOUN

centre (BrE)
hall, square, walls
council
meeting
life
planning

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PREPOSITION

in town
They'll be back in town tomorrow.
out of town
I was out of town last week.
an out-of-town superstore
outside (the) town
a lake just outside the town

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PHRASES

the centre/center of (the) town, the middle of (the) town
the edge of (the) town, the outskirts of (the) town
from town to town
I spent years moving from town to town.

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2. main part of a town, with the shops/stores, etc.

VERB + town

go into, hit (informal)
I'm going into town—can I get you anything?
Millie hit the town, looking for excitement.

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PREPOSITION

in town
Dad's in town shopping.

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