Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US)The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.

    The final election returns from downstate may not be available until late Wednesday morning.

    südliche Hälfte (des US-Bundesstaates), südlicher Teil (des US-Bundesstaates)

  2. A period during sleep when somebody is not primed and not ready to learn.

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
southern section of a state:

Origin

From down + state.

From down + state.

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Forms

plural: downstates
Singulardownstate
Pluraldownstates

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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