upstairs
English
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edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, /ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/, /ˈʌpˌstɛəz/
- Hyphenation: up‧stairs
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
Adjective
editupstairs (comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs)
- Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
- They can sleep in the upstairs bedroom.
- (baseball, informal) Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.
- That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
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editlocated on a higher floor of a building
Adverb
editupstairs (comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs)
- Up the stairs; on a higher floor or level.
- I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.
- I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 255:
- There was more dancing and singing up stairs, more wit and conversation below; all were at liberty, and all stayed late; and all talked so much of the happiness they had enjoyed, that Lady Anne felt herself exceedingly tempted to give another party before the season finally closed.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41:
- In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; […]
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
- On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
- (informal) In the brain or mind.
- After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.
- (informal) In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.
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editup the stairs; on a higher floor or level
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Noun
editupstairs (plural upstairs)
- An upper storey.
- (slang, euphemistic) A woman's breasts.
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