/ ˌʌpˈsteəz; NAmE -ˈsterz/ adverb , adjective , noun
■ adverb
up the stairs; on or to a floor of a house or other building higher than the one that you are on :
The cat belongs to the people who live upstairs.
I carried her bags upstairs.
She went upstairs to get dressed.
OPP downstairs
► up·stairs adjective [ only before noun ]:
an upstairs room
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IDIOMS
see kick verb
■ noun
[ sing. ] the floor or floors in a building that are above the ground floor :
We've converted the upstairs into an office.
OPP downstairs