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downstate

7 4.9

Toward the southern part of a state that is not the city

adverb
/ˈdaʊnˌsteɪt/

: al sur del estado (EE. UU.)

But he took me downstate with the other city champions.
go downstate
make it downstate

But he took me downstate with the other city champions.

Examples

But he took me downstate with the other city champions.

Film Courage
I'm ready to go downstate.

Hoop Dreams (1994)
I know we can make it downstate.

Hoop Dreams (1994)
We'll just have to get one from those people downstate.

Fiction book (1994)
I always dreamed of, like... me and William taking them downstate together.

Hoop Dreams (1994)
And that's why they went downstate.

Catfish (2010)
"It seems like right now, the brunt of the storm is going to be taken downstate.

Blog text (33)
I'm excited to head downstate this weekend to visit my family.
They moved downstate to enjoy a quieter lifestyle away from the city.
After the event, we decided to travel downstate for some sightseeing.

Synonyms

south

vsdownstate

∞ 1.0

On the bottom side of a map or building

refers to movement into the lower part of a state that is less urban

southward

vsdownstate

1 1.9

Facing or moving toward the south

is used for movement into a state's lower often less populated area

Antonyms

upstate

138 3.4

In the northern or inland part of a state away from the city

Surface Forms

downstate positive

Morphology

downstate = state (transparent) = down + state

Adverbial use ('toward the southern part of a state') is a direct directional interpretation of 'down' + 'state'. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Downstate joins down ('toward the south' or 'lower') and state ('region'), so to go downstate means to travel into the southern or less urban part of a state.