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upstate
/ˈʌpsteɪt/
noun 3adj 1adv 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
huge, live, living, new, principal
VERB + UPSTATE
drove, hunting, party, place, takes, visiting, went, works
UPSTATE + NOUN
york
PREP.
from, in
Definitions
noun
1
The northern section of a state.
2
The inland section of a state, particularly South Carolina.
3
A period during sleep when somebody is primed and ready to learn.
adj
1
Of the northern section of a state.
They went hunting in upstate New York.
Superintendent Chalmers: You call hamburgers "steamed hams"? Principal Skinner: Yes, it's a regional dialect. Superintendent Chalmers: Uh-huh? What region? Principal Skinner: Uh, upstate New York. Superintendent Chalmers: Really? Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed hams". Principal Skinner: Oh, not in Utica, no. It's an Albany expression. Superintendent Chalmers: I see.
adv
1
To the northern section of a state.
He drove upstate to visit his mother.
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They went hunting in upstate New York.
Wiktionary02
Superintendent Chalmers: You call hamburgers "steamed hams"? Principal Skinner: Yes, it's a regional dialect. Superintendent Chalmers: Uh-huh? What region? Principal Skinner: Uh, upstate New York.
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But for Stefanie Brechbuehler and Robert Highsmith, the husband-and-wife co-founders of the Brooklyn-based design firm Workstead, the recent revamp of an 1850s residence in upstate New York not only p
Wiktionary04
He drove upstate to visit his mother.
Wiktionary05
I live upstate.
Tatoeba · #224594906
Audrey Louise Reynolds is an artisan living in Upstate New York.
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