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upstairs

English

Etymology

up- +? stair +? -s

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??p?st??z/, /??p?st??z/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p?st??z/, /??p?st??z/
  • Hyphenation: up?stairs
  • Rhymes: -??(?)z

Adjective

upstairs (comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs)

  1. Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
    They can sleep in the upstairs bedroom.
  2. (baseball, informal) Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.
    That fastball was upstairs for a ball.

Translations

Adverb

upstairs (comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs)

  1. Up the stairs; on a higher floor or level.
    • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Marsha, let’s go upstairs!
  2. (informal) In the brain or mind.
  3. (informal) In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.

Antonyms

  • downstairs

Translations

Noun

upstairs (plural upstairs)

  1. An upper storey.

upstairs From the web:

  • what upstairs neighbors are really doing
  • what's upstairs meme
  • what's upstairs at graceland
  • what's upstairs stairs don't talk
  • what's upstairs in nook's cranny
  • what's upstairs joke
  • what's upstairs in the ozark house
  • what's upstairs in i kill giants

upstair

English

Etymology

up +? stair

Adjective

upstair (not comparable)

  1. (dated) upstairs
    an upstair drawing-room

upstair From the web:

  • what upstairs neighbors are really doing
  • what's upstairs meme
  • what's upstairs at graceland
  • what's upstairs in nook's cranny
  • what's upstairs the stairs don't talk
  • what's upstairs joke
  • what's upstairs in the ozark house
  • what's upstairs we happy few
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