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downstairs - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'downstairs' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Downstairs [ a.]
- Below stairs; as, a downstairs room.
2 . Downstairs [ adv.]
- Down the stairs; to a lower floor.

Meaning of 'downstairs' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . downstairs [ a]
Meaning (1):
- on or of lower floors of a building
Example in sentence:
  • the downstairs (or downstair) phone
2 . downstairs [ r]
Meaning (2):
- on a floor below
Example in sentence:
  • the tenants live downstairs