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# stair

«stair» in Mova's school dictionary: **one step in a set of steps that go up or down inside a…** — 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

noun (stair, stairs; staircase)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A stair is one step in a set of steps that go up or down inside a building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#m1)

2) Stairs (or a staircase) are the whole set of steps from one floor to another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

steps counted; stairs climbed between floors, often with a number of steps per floor; in safety: hold the handrail, do not run or play on the stairs, keep them clear of toys; in everyday life: upstairs and downstairs; phrases: «up the stairs», «down the stairs», «upstairs», «downstairs», «flight of stairs»

### examples

- There are 15 stairs to the first floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#x1)
- She climbs 20 stairs each morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#x2)
- The house has 3 floors with 14 stairs between each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#x3)
- He went up 8 stairs and then down 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#x4)
- Hold the handrail when you go down the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#x5)
- Don't leave toys on the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#x6)
- My bedroom is upstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#x7)
- The cat sleeps at the bottom of the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#x8)
- They were now on the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stair/#x9)

### note

Counted things; going up adds, going down takes away. Trap: between floor 1 and floor 4 there are 3 sets of stairs, not 4. Homophone: «stare» (look hard) sounds the same. Usually used in the plural: «the stairs».

### In the corpora

- [Stairs are one of the places where people at home and at school fall most often, so it pays to use them carefully.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/0/)
- [Never run, push or play on stairs: going fast means a missed step turns into a tumble down many steps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/2/)
- [Falls on stairs are one of the most common ways people get hurt at home.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/7/)
- [Going down stairs is riskier than going up, because a slip sends you forward and down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/9/)
- [You should be able to see the steps and your feet when you carry something on the stairs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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