Definition of downstairs
: down the stairs : on or to a lower floor
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Examples of downstairs in a Sentence
He ran downstairs to answer the door.
He lives downstairs from us.
“Where are the kids?” “They're downstairs.”
Recent Examples of downstairs from the Web
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The man, who is in his 30s, came home from work a little after 11 and heard something downstairs, said Det.
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The suit says both suffered from dementia and, although capable of walking, were accustomed to using an elevator to get downstairs from their second-story unit.
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The French door to the finished stairway downstairs only hints at the large family room below.
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Two snug dining areas are downstairs along with one larger dining room which has been painted with an underwater scene from floor to ceiling.
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While Sabika's father spoke to reporters downstairs, upstairs Sabika's mother was too grief-stricken to meet anyone.
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Its first night there, the party was booked for the smaller room downstairs, though organizers move them upstairs after only an hour due to the size of the crowd.
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The family shared a small one-room house, with the yaks and other animals sleeping downstairs.
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On April 6, 2017, she was told to clean out her desk and move downstairs to an unspecified position at the Office of Iranian Affairs.
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First Known Use of downstairs
1596
Definition of downstairs
: situated on the main, lower, or ground floor of a building
Examples of downstairs in a Sentence
There are five downstairs rooms.
Recent Examples of downstairs from the Web
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Three downstairs apartments had water damage, Gonzalez said.
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The upstairs, where everyone but us (thank God for downstairs masters) would be staying, has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a TV area.
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Mimi Lauter’s ebullient pastel works at Blum & Poe play with the format of multipart European altarpieces, creating the effect of a chapel in the large downstairs gallery.
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The upstairs, where everyone but us (thank God for downstairs masters) would be staying, has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a TV area.
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Or the vintage peep shows (!) in the downstairs restrooms.
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The downstairs man cave has a sports bar and plenty of wall space for sports memorabilia.
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Its popular Flatiron location recently added a downstairs cafe, now a hangout for the tech workers in the neighborhood.
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The pictorial program will be on Thursday, April 26, at the Main Street, Hebron Douglas Library at 4:30 p.m. in the downstairs community room.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'downstairs.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of downstairs
1819
First Known Use of downstairs
1843
DOWNSTAIRS Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of downstairs for English Language Learners
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: on or to a lower floor of a building
Definition of downstairs for English Language Learners
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: located on a lower, main, or first floor of a building
DOWNSTAIRS Defined for Kids
Definition of downstairs for Students
: down the stairs : on or to a lower floor
- The children are playing downstairs.
Definition of downstairs for Students
: situated on a lower floor or on the main or first floor
- the downstairs bathroom
Definition of downstairs for Students
: the lower floor of a building
The downstairs has been refinished.
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