downstairs
/ˌdaʊnˈsteəz/adverb, adjective
उच्चारण डाउन्स्टेअर्ज़
नीचे (मंज़िल)
Core word
- 1
down the stairs; on or to a lower floor of a house or building
नीचे (मंज़िल)
- She went downstairs.
- The kitchen is downstairs, next to the dining room.
- Please wait downstairs while I get the keys.
+ 2 more examples
- The downstairs bathroom is being repaired.
- My grandmother cannot climb stairs, so she sleeps in the downstairs room.
Synonyms below on the ground floor
Opposite upstairs
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
go / come / run downstairs (adverb)
Downstairs is an adverb of place and direction, so no preposition is used before it.
'Downstairs' स्थान और दिशा बताने वाला adverb है, इसलिए इससे पहले preposition नहीं आता।
- Radhika ran downstairs to open the door.
- Please come downstairs for dinner.
downstairs + noun (adjective use)
As an adjective, downstairs comes before the noun for something on a lower floor.
Adjective के रूप में 'downstairs' noun से पहले आकर निचली मंज़िल की वस्तु बताता है।
- The downstairs bathroom is being repaired.
- Our downstairs neighbours play music at night.
the downstairs (noun use)
As a noun, the downstairs means the lower floor of a house, and is mostly informal.
Noun के रूप में 'the downstairs' घर की निचली मंज़िल है, और यह प्रायः informal है।
- The downstairs of the house was flooded.
live / be downstairs
After be and live, downstairs simply tells you the floor; you may add from sb to compare.
'Be' और 'live' के बाद 'downstairs' केवल मंज़िल बताता है; तुलना के लिए 'from sb' जोड़ सकते हैं।
- The kitchen is downstairs.
- My cousin lives downstairs from us.
downstairs from sb / sth
Use from to say which home or room you are comparing: the flat downstairs from ours.
किस घर या कमरे से तुलना है, यह बताने के लिए 'from' आता है।
- The doctor's clinic is downstairs from my office.
+Collocations 4
verb + downstairs
gocomerunfalltiptoecarry sth
- He fell downstairs and broke his arm.
downstairs + noun
roomneighbourtoilethallflatshop
- The downstairs flat has a small garden.
adverb + downstairs
justrightall the waybackquietly
- She crept quietly downstairs so as not to wake the baby.
upstairs and downstairs
upstairsground floorfirst floorbasement
- The bedrooms are upstairs and the kitchen is downstairs.
“More examples 6
- Wait downstairs while I get my bag.
मैं अपना बैग लेकर आता हूँ, तब तक नीचे प्रतीक्षा करो।
- The guests are sitting in the downstairs hall.
मेहमान नीचे वाले हॉल में बैठे हैं।
- Radhika's grandmother cannot climb stairs, so she sleeps downstairs.
राधिका की दादी सीढ़ियाँ नहीं चढ़ सकतीं, इसलिए वे नीचे सोती हैं।
- There is a tailor's shop in the downstairs part of the building.
इमारत की निचली मंज़िल में एक दर्ज़ी की दुकान है।
- The postman left the parcel with the downstairs neighbour.
डाकिया पार्सल नीचे वाले पड़ोसी के पास छोड़ गया।
- Radhika studies in the downstairs room because it is cooler.
राधिका नीचे वाले कमरे में पढ़ती है क्योंकि वह ठंडा रहता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She came to downstairs to meet us.
✓ She came downstairs to meet us.
Downstairs is an adverb, so to is not used before it.
'Downstairs' adverb है, इसलिए इससे पहले 'to' नहीं लगता।
✗ The children are playing in downstairs.
✓ The children are playing downstairs.
Downstairs is an adverb and does not follow in; say playing downstairs or in the downstairs room.
'Downstairs' के पहले 'in' नहीं लगता; 'playing downstairs' या 'in the downstairs room' लिखें।