upstate
About 0.57 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The northern section of a state.
- noun The inland section of a state, particularly of South Carolina.
- noun A period during sleep when somebody is primed and ready to learn.
- adjective Of the northern section of a state.
They went hunting in upstate New York.
- adverb To the northern section of a state.
He drove upstate to visit his mother.
Similar words
northern nord north northerly downstate southern tier new york state upper south ulster catskill mountains
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Word family
upstater upstaters upstates
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