What does upstairs mean?
Definitions for upstairs
ˈʌpˈstɛərzup·stairs
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Princeton's WordNet
upstairsadjective
the part of a building above the ground floor
"no one was allowed to see the upstairs"
upstairs, upstairadverb
on or of upper floors of a building
"the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room"
upstairs, up the stairs, on a higher flooradverb
on a floor above
"they lived upstairs"
upstairsadverb
with respect to the mind
"she's a bit weak upstairs"
Wiktionary
upstairsadverb
Up the stairs; on a higher floor or level.
upstairsadverb
In the brain.
After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn't have a lot going on upstairs.
upstairsadjective
located higher up a building.
They can sleep in the upstairs bedroom.
upstairsadjective
a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone
That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
Etymology: From up + stair + -s
ChatGPT
upstairs
Upstairs refers to the rooms or space located on a higher level of a building, accessible through a staircase. It is typically used in reference to a house, indicating the area or floor that is above the ground floor.
Webster Dictionary
Upstairsadverb
up the stairs; in or toward an upper story
Upstairsadjective
being above stairs; as, an upstairs room
Wikidata
Upstairs
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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Upstairs
up-stārz′, adv. in or toward the upper story.—adj. Up′stairs, pertaining to an upper story or flat.—n. an upper story.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'upstairs' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4599
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'upstairs' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1165
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'upstairs' in Adverbs Frequency: #265
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of upstairs in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of upstairs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of upstairs in a Sentence
I went to the lobby of the hotel, received the order. It was completely sealed and packaged. I got upstairs and we began to eat our food, and my husband was eating his fettuccine alfredo, and he took a bite and he thought it was hard chicken or some overcooked cheese and come to find out, it was a latex glove that had been melted into the food.
And then I'm like,' We're upstairs -- this shouldn't be facing down.' So we point it towards the bar and face it up in the air.
I’ve shared the medical records withtwo psychiatrists and three psych nurses, they all said there’s no proof at all that she was psychotic. She never showed any symptoms of it and nobody ever suspected of it. And if you look at her version of what happened that night, they were arguing, he was abusive and she went into a psychotic state and pulled the trigger. The problem is that they were upstairs and his guns were downstairs. He had a number of weapons because he was a former police officer.
She asked me to come over. She asked me to bring some wine. We had wine and sushi and a couple of hours later, we were upstairs in their theater room watching a movie, for years I have struggled with stress and anxiety and insomnia. I took the bar exam on two hours of sleep.I mean, this is how far this goes back for me. And she knows that. And she gave me a medication I had never taken before. And I had an adverse reaction. Instead of helping me sleep, I hallucinated. And I don’t remember anything until I woke up or came to, and I was throwing up in a hamper.
I also plan to open a acupuncture clinic upstairs, so that my customers can take care of their joints before and after dancing.
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- ўверх, наве́рх, ўве́рсе, уве́рхBelarusian
- treppauf, nach oben, oben, heraufGerman
- πάνωGreek
- arribaSpanish
- en hautFrench
- ऊपरHindi
- di sopraItalian
- 階上Japanese
- 위층Korean
- سهرهوهKurdish
- bovenDutch
- na górze, na góręPolish
- em cimaPortuguese
- наверх, наверху, на верхний этаж, на верхнем этаже, вверху, вверхRussian
- вгорі́, вго́руUkrainian
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