- upstate
- noun Date: 1901 the chiefly northerly sections of a state; also the chiefly rural part of a state when the major metropolitan area is in the south • upstate adverb or adjective • upstater noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
upstate
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upstate — UK [ʌpˈsteɪt] / US adjective in the northern part of a state in the US upstate New York Derived word: upstate UK / US adverb We drove 150 km upstate … English dictionary
upstate — 1. adjective of the northern section of a state They went hunting in upstate New York. 2. adverb to, or from the northern section of a state He drove upstate to visit his mother … Wiktionary
upstate — up|state [ˈʌpsteıt] adj [only before noun] AmE in the northern part of a particular state ▪ upstate New York >upstate adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
upstate — up|state [ ʌp steıt ] adjective in the northern part of a state in the U.S.: upstate New York ╾ up|state adverb: We drove 150 miles upstate … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
upstate — adjective AmE (only before noun) in the northern part of a particular state: upstate New York upstate adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
