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upstate

[ uhp-steyt ]

noun

  1. the part of a state that is farther north or farther from the chief city, especially the northerly part of New York State.


adjective

  1. of or coming from such an area.
  2. located in or characteristic of this part.

adverb

  1. in, to, or into the upstate area.

upstate

/ ˈʌpˈsteɪt /

adjective

  1. towards, in, from, or relating to the outlying or northern sections of a state, esp of New York State
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the outlying, esp northern, sections of a state
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈupˈstater, noun
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Other Words From

  • upstater noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of upstate1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; up- + state
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Example Sentences

I was feeling claustrophobic in the city and went upstate for two weeks.

From Digiday

The New York patient, who lives in Saratoga County in upstate New York, had not traveled recently, which suggests it was the result of community spread, Cuomo said on a conference call.

From Fortune

The Northeast, from upstate New York to New England, has always been home to incredible landscapes and outdoor playgrounds.

After our last celebration together, Kathy tells me that she’s moving back home to upstate New York in early 2018.

He and his siblings bought the chain—then two stores in upstate New York—from their father in 1984 and turned it into a 732-store, $9 billion-a-year retailer.

From Fortune

One was a Quaker school, whose name he can no longer recall, in upstate New York.

Back when Sam went upstate, job searches required nothing more than a typewriter, some paper, and the classifieds.

Republican Elise Stefanik, 30, of upstate New York, just became the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Representatives.

At the same time, Eldridge was quietly preparing to run for Congress in upstate New York.

There was an art house in the town way upstate in New York where I was teaching and I went to every movie that opened there.

There was snow and that part of Germany had weather about the same as upstate New York.

Small upstate towns and their school boards being what they were, this was one of many necessary financial precautions.

It was from some upstate village,—and the house servants of the mistress had aided in the attack upon her.

I was born and raised in a one-horse town upstate; and, even though I ain't been back for twenty years, I know what it's like.

Vaguely they'd had the impression that the mother had come from somewhere upstate; where, they did not know.

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