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up-STAIRZ/ˌʌpˈsteəz/

Upstairs means to or on a higher floor: go upstairs, the bathroom is upstairs. Downstairs is the opposite (already in the dictionary). The stairs are the steps. Upper is only the higher part, not the floor movement.

Meaning

To or on a higher floor of a building.

Examples

• “The bedrooms are upstairs.”
• “Please wait upstairs.”
• “We could hear music from upstairs.”

Good to know

go/be upstairs. Opposite: downstairs. Noun: the stairs.

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