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# downstair

«downstair» in Mova's school dictionary: **on a lower floor of a house or building, usually the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb, adjective (downstair, downstairs); noun (the downstairs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Downstairs means on a lower floor of a house or building, usually the ground floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#m1)

2) Downstairs also means going down the stairs to a lower floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#m2)

3) The downstairs is the lower floor of a house. «Downstair» is a rarer form of «downstairs»; the usual word is «downstairs». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a place in the story: rooms or people on the lower floor; «downstairs and upstairs» are parts of the whole house, so add them; someone going down moves from one group to the other. At home: the kitchen and living room are often downstairs, bedrooms upstairs. Safety: walk, do not run, when you go downstairs. Phrases: go downstairs, come downstairs, the downstairs room, downstairs neighbours.

### examples

- There are 3 rooms downstairs and 4 upstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x1)
- 5 children are downstairs and 7 upstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x2)
- She went downstairs to get 2 cups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x3)
- How many people are downstairs now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x4)
- Dad called us downstairs for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x5)
- Hold the rail when you walk downstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x6)
- The downstairs toilet is next to the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x7)
- Our neighbours downstairs have a dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x8)
- I heard a noise downstairs in the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x9)
- Miss Cat went downstairs and sent the wooer away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/#x10)

### note

Use «downstairs» with an s in almost all cases; «downstair» is rare (sometimes before a noun: a downstair room). Opposite: upstairs. No «to»: say «go downstairs», not «go to downstairs». A place word; «downstairs and upstairs» are parts of the whole house, so add them. Trap: someone going downstairs moves from the upstairs group to the downstairs group.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «downstair» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstair/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.