"upstairs" meaning in English

See upstairs in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ [General-American], /ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/ [General-American], /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌpˌstɛəz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-upstairs.ogg Forms: further upstairs [comparative], furthest upstairs [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z Etymology: From up- + stair + -s. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|up-|stair|-s}} up- + stair + -s Head templates: {{en-adj|further}} upstairs (comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs)
  1. Located on a higher floor or level of a building. Translations (located on a higher floor of a building): ὑπερῷος (huperôios) (Ancient Greek), горе (gore) (Bulgarian), aba' (Chickasaw), superŝtupara (Esperanto), en haut (French), fenti (Hungarian), emeleti (Hungarian), طبقهٔ بالا (tabaqe-ye bâlâ) (Persian), na górze (Polish), ве́рхній по́верх (vérxnij póverx) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-upstairs-en-adj-fUL4dh6f Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 15 28 30 0 13 10 4 Disambiguation of 'located on a higher floor of a building': 84 16
  2. (baseball, informal) Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Baseball
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: up stairs, up-stairs [archaic] Derived forms: upstairs-downstairs

Adverb

IPA: /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ [General-American], /ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/ [General-American], /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌpˌstɛəz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-upstairs.ogg Forms: further upstairs [comparative], furthest upstairs [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z Etymology: From up- + stair + -s. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|up-|stair|-s}} up- + stair + -s Head templates: {{en-adv|further}} upstairs (comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs)
  1. Up the stairs; on a higher floor or level. Translations (up the stairs; on a higher floor or level): наве́рх (navjérx) (english: direction) (Belarusian), уве́рх (uvjérx) (Belarusian), ўверх (ŭvjerx) (Belarusian), наве́рсе (navjérsje) [location] (Belarusian), уве́рсе (uvjérsje) (Belarusian), ўве́рсе (ŭvjérsje) (Belarusian), горе (gore) (Bulgarian), на горния етаж (na gornija etaž) (Bulgarian), dalt (Catalan), سەرەوە (serewe) (Central Kurdish), aba' (Chickasaw), 樓上 (Chinese Mandarin), 楼上 (lóushàng) (Chinese Mandarin), boven (Dutch), superŝtupare (Esperanto), yläkerrassa [location] (Finnish), yläkertaan (english: direction) (Finnish), en haut (French), à l’étage (French), treppauf (German), oben (German), nach oben (english: where to) (German), herauf (German), πάνω (páno) (Greek), odafönt (Hungarian), odafent (Hungarian), odafenn (Hungarian), az emeleten (Hungarian), lantai atas (Indonesian), suas an staighre (english: direction) (Irish), thuas an staighre [location] (Irish), di sopra (Italian), 階上 (kaijō) (alt: かいじょう) (Japanese), 위층에 (wicheung'e) (Korean), 위층으로 (wicheung'euro) (english: where to) (Korean), górjejce (Lower Sorbian), à haut (Norman), uppe (english: where) (Old English), upp (english: where to) (Old English), یوقاری (yukarı) (Ottoman Turkish), na górze (english: where) (Polish), na górę (english: where to) (Polish), em cima (Portuguese), наверху́ (naverxú) (english: where) (Russian), вверху́ (vverxú) (english: where) (Russian), на ве́рхнем этаже́ (na vérxnem etažé) (english: where) (Russian), наве́рх (navérx) (english: where to) (Russian), вверх (vverx) (english: where to) (Russian), на ве́рхний эта́ж (na vérxnij etáž) (english: where to) (Russian), arriba (Spanish), tonggoh (Sundanese), вгорі́ (vhorí) [location] (Ukrainian), вго́ру (vhóru) (english: direction) (Ukrainian), lan lofft [South] (Welsh), lan staer [South] (Welsh), i fyny'r grisiau [North] (Welsh), אויבן (oybn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-upstairs-en-adv-PGkiRO77 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 15 28 30 0 13 10 4 Disambiguation of 'up the stairs; on a higher floor or level': 99 0 1
  2. (informal) In the brain or mind. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-upstairs-en-adv-fszp~ntv
  3. (informal) In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-upstairs-en-adv-wGI9pYbB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 15 28 30 0 13 10 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: up stairs, up-stairs [archaic] Derived forms: boot upstairs, check upstairs, go upstairs, kick upstairs, Man Upstairs

Noun

IPA: /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ [General-American], /ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/ [General-American], /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌpˌstɛəz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-upstairs.ogg Forms: upstairs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z Etymology: From up- + stair + -s. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|up-|stair|-s}} up- + stair + -s Head templates: {{en-noun|upstairs}} upstairs (plural upstairs)
  1. An upper storey.
    Sense id: en-upstairs-en-noun-s4~zi6q4 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 15 28 30 0 13 10 4
  2. (slang, euphemistic) A woman's breasts. Tags: euphemistic, slang
    Sense id: en-upstairs-en-noun-ZP5rEChv Categories (other): English euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: up stairs, up-stairs [archaic]

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 255:",
          "text": "There was more dancing and singing up stairs, more wit and conversation below; all were at liberty, and all stayed late; and all talked so much of the happiness they had enjoyed, that Lady Anne felt herself exceedingly tempted to give another party before the season finally closed.",
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          "ref": "1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41:",
          "text": "In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; […]",
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          "ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "text": "Marsha, let’s go upstairs!\nAudio (US): (file)"
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          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:",
          "text": "On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.",
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      "form": "further upstairs",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    {
      "form": "furthest upstairs",
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        "English terms with usage examples",
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          "text": "That fastball was upstairs for a ball.",
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        "(baseball, informal) Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone."
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        "informal"
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        "ball-games",
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        "hobbies",
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˌʌpˈstɛəz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌpˌstɛəz/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "word": "up stairs"
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        "archaic"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gore",
      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
      "word": "горе"
    },
    {
      "code": "cic",
      "lang": "Chickasaw",
      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
      "word": "aba'"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
      "word": "superŝtupara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
      "word": "en haut"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "huperôios",
      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
      "word": "ὑπερῷος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
      "word": "fenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tabaqe-ye bâlâ",
      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
      "word": "طبقهٔ بالا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
      "word": "na górze"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vérxnij póverx",
      "sense": "located on a higher floor of a building",
      "word": "ве́рхній по́верх"
    }
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}

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      "word": "downstairs"
    }
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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Central Kurdish translations",
    "Terms with Chickasaw translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Old English translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Sundanese translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "boot upstairs"
    },
    {
      "word": "check upstairs"
    },
    {
      "word": "go upstairs"
    },
    {
      "word": "kick upstairs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Man Upstairs"
    }
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        "3": "stair",
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From up- + stair + -s.",
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      "form": "further upstairs",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "furthest upstairs",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    "up‧stairs"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with audio pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 255:",
          "text": "There was more dancing and singing up stairs, more wit and conversation below; all were at liberty, and all stayed late; and all talked so much of the happiness they had enjoyed, that Lady Anne felt herself exceedingly tempted to give another party before the season finally closed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41:",
          "text": "In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "text": "Marsha, let’s go upstairs!\nAudio (US): (file)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:",
          "text": "On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Up the stairs; on a higher floor or level."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "floor",
          "floor"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the brain or mind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brain",
          "brain"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) In the brain or mind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
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        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
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      "ipa": "/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌpˈstɛəz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌpˌstɛəz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "word": "up stairs"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "direction",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "navjérx",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "наве́рх"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "uvjérx",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "уве́рх"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "ŭvjerx",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "ўверх"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "navjérsje",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "topics": [
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      "word": "наве́рсе"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "uvjérsje",
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "ŭvjérsje",
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      "word": "ўве́рсе"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gore",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "горе"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "na gornija etaž",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "на горния етаж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "dalt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cic",
      "lang": "Chickasaw",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "aba'"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "樓上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lóushàng",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "楼上"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "boven"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "superŝtupare"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "topics": [
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "yläkerrassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "direction",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "yläkertaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "en haut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "à l’étage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "treppauf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "oben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "where to",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "nach oben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "herauf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "páno",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "πάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "odafönt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "odafent"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "odafenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "az emeleten"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "lantai atas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "english": "direction",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "suas an staighre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "topics": [
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      ],
      "word": "thuas an staighre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "di sopra"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かいじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaijō",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "階上"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wicheung'e",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "위층에"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "where to",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wicheung'euro",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "위층으로"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "serewe",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "سەرەوە"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "à haut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "english": "where",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "uppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "english": "where to",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "upp"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yukarı",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "یوقاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "where",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "na górze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "where to",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "na górę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "em cima"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "where",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naverxú",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "наверху́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "where",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vverxú",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "вверху́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "where",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na vérxnem etažé",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "на ве́рхнем этаже́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "where to",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navérx",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "наве́рх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "where to",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vverx",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "вверх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "where to",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na vérxnij etáž",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "на ве́рхний эта́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "górjejce"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "arriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "tonggoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vhorí",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "topics": [
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "вгорі́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "direction",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vhóru",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "вго́ру"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "tags": [
        "South"
      ],
      "word": "lan lofft"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "tags": [
        "South"
      ],
      "word": "lan staer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "tags": [
        "North"
      ],
      "word": "i fyny'r grisiau"
    },
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      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oybn",
      "sense": "up the stairs; on a higher floor or level",
      "word": "אויבן"
    }
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}

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      "glosses": [
        "An upper storey."
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      "glosses": [
        "A woman's breasts."
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        "(slang, euphemistic) A woman's breasts."
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      "ipa": "/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/",
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        "General-American"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˌʌpˈstɛəz/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌpˌstɛəz/",
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    {
      "word": "up stairs"
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      "word": "up-stairs"
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}

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