# upstairs

Pronunciation: say "up-STAIRZ" US /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, UK /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/, AUS /ɐpˈsteːz/

## Adverb

1. Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level of a building.
   - Simple: To or on a higher floor of a building, reached by going up the stairs.
   - _He carried the heavy boxes upstairs one at a time._
   - _The accounting offices are upstairs, above the main lobby._
4. In the mind or brain, regarded as the seat of thought. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: In a person's head or mind, where thinking happens.
   - _The old captain stayed sharp upstairs even as his body weakened._
   - _There isn't a whole lot happening upstairs with that one._
5. In heaven, especially as the place where God is imagined to be found. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: In heaven, thought of as a place high above us.
   - _After surviving the crash, he figured someone upstairs was on his side._
   - _They prayed that the one upstairs would finally hear them._

## Adjective

2. Found on one of the upper floors or levels in a building.
   - Simple: On a higher floor of a house or building.
   - _The upstairs windows look out over the back garden._
   - _Guests usually stay in one of the upstairs bedrooms._
6. In baseball, describing a pitched ball that crosses high, usually above the strike zone. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: In baseball, describing a pitch thrown high, usually above the strike zone.
   - _He kept the hitter off balance with an upstairs fastball._
   - _The two-strike pitch was upstairs, well above the letters._

## Noun

3. The upper floor or floors of a building.
   - Simple: The upper floor of a house or building.
   - _They converted the upstairs into a separate apartment._
   - _The whole upstairs smelled of fresh paint after the renovation._
7. A slang term for a woman's breasts. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A slang word for a woman's breasts.
   - _Her low-cut dress left little of her upstairs to the imagination._
   - _He made a crude joke about her upstairs and got slapped for it._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix up-, the word stair, and the ending -s.

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