upstate
pronunciation
How to pronounce upstate in British English:
UK [ˌʌpˈsteɪt]
How to pronounce upstate in American English:
US [ˈʌpˌstet]
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- Adverb:
- in or toward the northern parts of a state
Word Origin
- upstate (adv.)
- 1901, American English, from up (adv.) + state (n.).
Example
- 1. Sure , the glass-designed by corning in upstate new york and manufactured in china-is beautiful .
- 2. It also sold a branch network in upstate new york , an area it had marked for growth .
- 3. Knight , a commercial and fine art photographer in upstate new york , was pleasantly surprised by the ghostly results of his first attempts .
- 4. Evenings spent embracing the cold of upstate ny are replaced by accepting the heat of florida .
- 5. Real output per person in the new york area is some 70 % higher than in buffalo , for instance ; a new yorker fleeing upstate may suffer a large income loss .