Stairs meaning in English

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Definition

the stairs: the steps, the ascending rungs that connects two levels of a building noun
a stairwell a vertical shaft in a building that contains a staircase
a step, a stair: a rung, one part in a staircase noun

Examples

  • "Especially the close-ups of heads falling down the stairs."
Exercise 1
Brian organises a meeting to come up with ideas.

What else is it possible to come up with?
Brian organises a meeting to come up with ideas.

What else is it possible to come up with?
This is not correct. Stairs are the things we climb in order to reach a different floor of a building (especially if the lift is broken!). In this context, it is possible "to come up stairs". However "to come up with stairs" would not usually be used (except when describing the genius who came up with the idea of linking different floors in houses with stairs!).
This is a correct choice. "To come up with (something)" is to find or produce (something). Example: If you want to stay in this apartment, you need to come up with the money to pay your half of the rent.
This is a correct choice. "To come up with a solution" is a common phrase that means to succeed in finding or supplying an idea that solves a problem. For example: "the government has come up with a solution to the housing crisis".
This is correct. "To come up with" is a fixed expression that means to produce, supply or find. A "plan" is an idea or method of how to do something. These two terms are commonly combined, for example: "we came up with a plan to escape from prison".

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