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downstairs
[ adverb noun doun-stairz; adjective doun-stairz ]
adjective
- Also downstair. pertaining to or situated on a lower floor, especially the ground floor.
noun
- (used with a singular verb) the lower floor or floors of a building:
The downstairs is being painted.
- the stairway designated for use by people descending:
Don't try to go up the downstairs.
downstairs
/ ˈ»å²¹ÊŠ²Ôˈ²õ³Ùɛə³ú /
adverb
- down the stairs; to or on a lower floor
noun
- a lower or ground floor
- ( as modifier )
a downstairs room
- informal.the servants of a household collectively Compare upstairs
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of downstairs1
Example Sentences
I circled the ad, marched downstairs and triumphantly showed my grandfather.
"I love the companionship. Afterwards we go downstairs and sit for an hour and have a coffee and a chat."
The school says 12 children and a teacher died, but locals believe the number is at least 40 - that is how many were in the downstairs section that collapsed.
"I went downstairs to have a bit of a dance. Then he got a bit 'handsy' and a bit too close."
Within an hour of them getting home, their downstairs neighbour heard shouting and screaming, Mrs Prior told the court.
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