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upstairs

UK /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/US /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/

adverb 4
adjective 3
noun 2
forms 4
phrases 1

adverb4

•
on or to a floor above this one
- 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.
•
(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.
In or to a higher matrix clause, as opposed to a lower embedded clause.

adjective3

•
Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
- We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.
•
(informal) Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.
- That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
•
Originating in or associated with a higher matrix clause, as opposed to a lower embedded clause.
- Weaker (tolerant) quantificational values (some and many, sometimes and often) and stronger values (all, always) rule out any lower-clause reading for upstairs negation in the same contexts. — 1989

noun2

An upper storey.
(slang, euphemistic) A woman's breasts.

forms

farther upstairs · further upstairs · farthest upstairs · furthest upstairs

Phrases with upstairs

kick upstairs
To promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.

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