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10 Downing Street en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌtɛn ˈdaʊnɪŋ stɹiːt/
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Meanings

  1. (UK) The address of the residence in London of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  2. (UK, broadly, metonymically) The title or office of the Prime Minister.
    • […] he declared from early in his life that he intended to be viceroy of India, as a natural stepping-stone on his way to 10 Downing Street. 2001, Trevor Owen Lloyd, Empire: the history of the British Empire, →ISBN, page 138:
  3. (broadly, metonymically) The government of the United Kingdom.
    • […] explicitly clear, in the way that 10 Downing Street has made it clear in the case of city academies, that it is perfectly legitimate to put people in the House of Lords […] 2006, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee, Propriety and Honours: Interim Findings; Fourth Report of Session 2005-06, volume 29, →ISBN, page 23:

Relateds

11 Downing Street · 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue · 24 Sussex Drive

Synonyms

Number Ten · Number 10 · No 10