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down·stairs  (dounstârz)
adv.
1. Down the stairs: raced my friend downstairs.
2. To or on a lower floor: waited downstairs while her parents were getting dressed.
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The lower or main floor.
adj. downstairs (dounstârz) also down·stair (-stâr)
Located on a lower or main floor.

downstairs [ˈdaʊnˈstɛəz]
adv
down the stairs; to or on a lower floor
n
1.
a.  a lower or ground floor
b.  (as modifier) a downstairs room
2. (Sociology) Brit informal, old-fashioned the servants of a household collectively Compare upstairs [6]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.downstairs - on or of lower floors of a building; "the downstairs (or downstair) phone"
upstair, upstairs - on or of upper floors of a building; "the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room"
Adv.1.downstairs - on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs"
on a higher floor, up the stairs, upstairs - on a floor above; "they lived upstairs"
Translations
downstairs [ˈdaʊnˈstɛəz]
A. ADJ (= on the ground floor) → de la planta baja; (= on the floor underneath) → del piso de abajo
a downstairs windowuna ventana de la planta baja
B. ADVen la planta baja, abajo
to fall downstairscaer por las escaleras
to come/go downstairsbajar la escalera
C. N the downstairs [of building] → la planta baja

downstairs [ˌdaʊnˈstɛərz]
adv
(= on the ground floor) to be downstairs → être au rez-de-chaussée
The bathroom's downstairs → La salle de bain est au rez-de-chaussée.
(= on the floor below) → à l'étage en-dessous, à l'étage du dessous
the people downstairs → les voisins du dessous
(= down the stairs) to come downstairs → descendre (l'escalier)
to go downstairs → descendre (l'escalier)
to fall downstairs → tomber dans les escaliers
to follow sb downstairs → descendre les escaliers avec qn
adj [room] → du rez-de-chaussée
the downstairs bathroom → la salle de bain du rez-de-chaussée

downstairs [ˈdaʊnˈstɛəz]
1. adj (on the ground floor) → al pianterreno, al pianterra; (on the floor underneath) → al piano di sotto
2. advdi sotto, giù
to come or go downstairs → scendere (al piano di sotto)
she lives downstairs → abita al piano di sotto

downstairs [ˈdaʊnˈstɛəz]
1. adj (on the ground floor) → al pianterreno, al pianterra; (on the floor underneath) → al piano di sotto
2. advdi sotto, giù
to come or go downstairs → scendere (al piano di sotto)
she lives downstairs → abita al piano di sotto

downstairs سُفلى, سفلياً přízemní, v přízemí nedenunder nach unten, unten προς το κάτω πάτωμα, στο κάτω πάτωμα en el piso de abajo, piso de abajo alakerran, alakerrassa en bas dolje, donji al piano inferiore, di sotto 階下の, 階下へ 아래층에, 아래층의 beneden, naar beneden ned, nedenunder na dół, na dole do andar de baixo, no andar de baixo внизу, расположенный в нижнем этаже nedför trappan, på nedervåningen ข้างล่าง, ลงข้างล่าง alt kat, alt katta ở dưới nhà 在楼下, 楼下的


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But I do expect him to leave word downstairs of the time at which he is likely to return.
"I am afraid you'll be cold upstairs," observed Dolly, addressing Anna; "I want to move you downstairs, and we shall be nearer.
Now which will you have; that about Ivedy-Avedy, or about Humpy-Dumpy, who tumbled downstairs, and yet after all came to the throne and married the princess?
 
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