Sekirov Dictionary

downstairs

UK /daʊnˈstɛəz/US /daʊnˈstɛɹz/

adverb 4
noun 3
adjective 2
forms 4

adverb4

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from a higher floor to a lower one, using the steps
- I have to walk downstairs to leave the building.
- The lodger lives downstairs.
(slang, euphemistic) Regarding the genitalia.
(figurative) In or to hell.
In or to a lower, embedded clause, as opposed to the matrix clause.

noun3

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The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below.
- We looked over the house; downstairs was spacious, but upstairs really cramped.
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In particular, especially historically, the servants’ quarters.
- The family tried to ignore gossip from downstairs.
•
(slang, euphemistic) The genitalia.
- The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.

adjective2

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Located on a lower floor.
- The kids sleep in the downstairs bedroom; we sleep in the upstairs one.
Originating in or associated with a lower, embedded clause, as opposed to the matrix clause.

forms

farther downstairs · further downstairs · farthest downstairs · furthest downstairs

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