English

Adjective

upstairs ‎(comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs)

1. located higher up a building.

   They can sleep in the upstairs bedroom.

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles , chapter IV

     In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking beatitude; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

2. (baseball) a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone

   That fastball was upstairs for a ball.

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Adverb

upstairs ‎(comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs)

1. Up the stairs; on a higher floor or level.

   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.

2. (colloquial) In the brain.

   After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn't have a lot going on upstairs.

3. (colloquial) In heaven, or any other place where a deity might be found.

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Antonyms

• downstairs