upstate

noun

1. (US)The northern section of a state.
2. (US)The inland section of a state, particularly South Carolina.
3. A period during sleep when somebody is primed and ready to learn.

adj

1. (US)Of the northern section of a state.

   “They went hunting in upstate New York.”

   “Superintendent Chalmers: You call hamburgers "steamed hams"? Principal Skinner: Yes, it's a regional dialect. Superintendent Chalmers: Uh-huh? What region? Principal Skinner: Uh, upstate New York. Superintendent Chalmers: Really? Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed hams". Principal Skinner: Oh, not in Utica, no. It's an Albany expression. Superintendent Chalmers: I see.”

   “But for Stefanie Brechbuehler and Robert Highsmith, the husband-and-wife co-founders of the Brooklyn-based design firm Workstead, the recent revamp of an 1850s residence in upstate New York not only presented them with a thrilling challenge, it also marked a celebratory homecoming after a few years spent living in the South.”

adv

1. (US)To the northern section of a state.

   “He drove upstate to visit his mother.”