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upstairs Definition


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upstairs
adverb
    1. Up the stairs; to or on an upper floor or floors of a house, etc.
    2. colloq
      To or in a senior or more senior position.
    3. colloq
      Mentally; in the head.
adj
    1. On or relating to an upper floor or floors.
      Form: upstair (also)
noun
    1. An upper floor or the upper floors of a building, especially the part of a house above the ground floor.
    2a. chiefly historical
      The upper floors of a house, as opposed to the servants' quarters;
    2b. chiefly historical
      The occupants, usually the householder and their family, of this part of a house.
Etymology: 16c.



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