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downstairs Preposition

— If something is downstairs, it is on the level at the bottom of the stairs. Let us head downstairs, from the bedroom to the kitchen below. The downstairs bathroom is always busy.

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at Preposition

— Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position I am at home. Let's meet at the pub! — The time at which something happened or will happen Breakfast is at 9 o'clock. At 5pm we went home. — Indicating something's state At half price! Water boils at high temperatures.

at Symbol

— The @ symbol, used to replace at support@microsoft.com is an email address. Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.

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the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

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bottom Noun

— The bottom of something is its lowest part. Lucy took a pen and wrote her name at the bottom of the page. He was wet from top to bottom. it was wider at the top than the bottom. Add wine to the pan and scrape up anything stuck to the pan bottom. He stopped at the bottom of the stairs and looked back up. I thought this ship was going to the bottom of the ocean. I dropped it in the water and it quickly sank to the bottom. She came downstairs and sat down on the bottom step. — If you are at the bottom, you are at the social lowest position. Chicago still ranks near the bottom among major cities. You don't have to wait until you've hit rock bottom to get help. — Your bottom is the round part between your legs and your back. She ran into the tree and sat down hard on her bottom. — A bottom is the part of a set of clothing that you put your legs through. Her pink top was perfect, but I didn't like how the bottom fit. — The bottom of an inning in baseball is its second half. It's the bottom of the ninth inning and the score is tied.

bottom Verb

— If something bottoms (out), it stops going down. When do you think the housing problems are going to bottom out? Home prices have yet to bottom out.

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of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

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