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downstairs

[ adverb noun doun-stairz; adjective 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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She said she had managed to save, with the help of her family, to buy carpet for the property but it had been damaged in a fire, leaving her with no flooring downstairs.

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"Luckily there was a downstairs window that was open and I didn't even think about it, I went straight in."

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“It was watching my father go upstairs to his office and type away for eight or nine hours and then come downstairs. Or we didn’t see him for two or three months.”

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Their brother Ben enjoys playing on his Xbox with friends, but says he drags himself back downstairs to do work when he realises he has been ignoring his revision a little too long.

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She recalled that as her husband went downstairs to investigate, he told her to dial 911.

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