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downstairs

[doun-stairz, doun-stairz]

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adverb

down the stairs.
to or on a lower floor.

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

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adverb

down the stairs; to or on a lower floor

noun

1. a lower or ground floor
2. ( as modifier )
  a downstairs room
informal��the servants of a household collectively Compare upstairs

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Word History and Origins

Origin of downstairs¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; down ¹ + stair + -s ³

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Martino ran to her balcony and saw that federal agents had detained her downstairs neighbor and began to use her cell phone to record the incident.

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“�� you see onscreen is a majority of the downstairs of the castle,” Cotton adds.

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A blue-hued linoleum floor made to look like an aquarium, replete with singing fish and turtles, brightens the dark-wooded downstairs space and echoes the nautical elements Kesling introduced into his Streamline Moderne homes.

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She’ll grab a bunch of books, I will have grabbed books from downstairs and we’ll be sitting on a bench reading them.

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“If there’s a problem, you just walk downstairs and talk to the guy who built the engine.”

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