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upstairs

adverb · adjective · noun US /əpˈsterz/

on a floor above

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,254 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,777 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.

What it means

adverb

  1. on a floor above also: up the stairs, on a higher floor they lived upstairs
  2. with respect to the mind she's a bit weak upstairs

adjective

  1. on or of upper floors of a building also: upstair the upstairs maidan upstairs room

noun

  1. the part of a building above the ground floor no one was allowed to see the upstairs

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

upstairs in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • Now go upstairs to your bed; it is already late.

    A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1

  • Hearing somebody else coming upstairs, he prepared to repeat his speech.

    Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1

  • The blood blinded him so that he could barely make his way upstairs.

    The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1

  • Of course, Dan said, and he instructed the servant to ask the scribe to come upstairs.

    The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story · George Moore · Chapter 1

  • He was stiff and sore all over, and feeling braver in the light 'e stepped softly upstairs and opened the door.

    Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1

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