upstairs

«upstairs» in Mova's school dictionary: On or to a higher floor of a building — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (upstairs); adjective (upstairs — an upstairs room); noun (the upstairs)

meaning for a pupil

1) On or to a higher floor of a building. tree →

2) As an adjective, on a higher floor: "the upstairs bathroom". tree →

3) As a noun, the upper floor of a house. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, bedrooms are often upstairs in a house. In fire safety, you learn the way out from upstairs rooms and to stay low under smoke. In stories, strange noises coming from upstairs can build tension. Phrases: go upstairs, run upstairs, upstairs and downstairs, the people upstairs.

examples

• My bedroom is upstairs. tree →
• Go upstairs and brush your teeth. tree →
• We heard a thump upstairs. tree →
• The upstairs bathroom is bigger. tree →
• Carry the basket upstairs carefully, holding the rail. tree →
• Our neighbours upstairs have a baby. tree →
• The bus has an upstairs deck. tree →
• Presently he heard steps coming upstairs. tree →

note

As an adverb do not add "to": "go upstairs", not "go to upstairs". The opposite is "downstairs". Safety: do not run or play on the stairs, and keep them clear of toys. On a double-decker bus, "upstairs" is the top deck.

In the corpora

• RABBIT", and Alice goes in without knocking and hurries upstairs, afraid of meeting the real Mary Ann and being turned out.
• "The man upstairs" means God.
• "The big guy upstairs" (US, humorous) means God.
• Never lean out of an upstairs window or sit on a windowsill, and keep furniture away from windows.
• Chloe lost her pocket money for two weeks and stamped upstairs shouting «you always love her more».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «upstairs» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.