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downstairs

US

/ˌdaʊnˈsterz/

UK

/ˌdaʊnˈsteəz/

Example:

The house has three rooms upstairs.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

downstairs

adverb
to or on a lower floor of a building:
I went downstairs to make breakfast.

>> downstairs adjective:
She lives in the downstairs flat.
opposite upstairs

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

downstairs

II. noun

II. down·stairs2 noun
the downstairs the rooms on the ground floor in a house:
• We have still got to paint the downstairs.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

downstairs

▪ I. down·stairs [downstairs] adverb, noun [ˌdaʊnˈsteəz] [ˌdaʊnˈsterz]

noun singular

the lower floor of a house or building, especially the one at ground level

• We're painting the downstairs.

Opp: upstairs

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

downstairs / ˌdaʊnˈsteəz / / -ˈsterz / adverb

A2 to or on a lower floor of a building, especially the ground floor:

I went downstairs to answer the phone.

→ Compare upstairs

downstairs adjective

B1

a downstairs bathroom

the downstairs noun [ S ]

We've finished decorating upstairs but the downstairs still needs some work.

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

downstairs

/daʊnsteə(r)z/

1.
If you go downstairs in a building, you go down a staircase towards the ground floor.
Denise went downstairs and made some tea.
≠ upstairs
ADV: ADV after v

2.
If something or someone is downstairs in a building, they are on the ground floor or on a lower floor than you.
The telephone was downstairs in the entrance hall...
≠ upstairs
ADV: be ADV, n ADV

3.
Downstairs means situated on the ground floor of a building or on a lower floor than you are.
She repainted the downstairs rooms and closed off the second floor.
≠ upstairs
ADJ: ADJ n

4.
The downstairs of a building is its lower floor or floors.
The downstairs of the two little houses had been entirely refashioned.
≠ upstairs
N-SING: the N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

downstairs

³down·stairs /ˈdaʊnˈsteɚz/ noun
the downstairs : the lower and usually main floor of a building
• The downstairs needs to be cleaned.
• We painted the downstairs.

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