English Reference
Adverb

stateside

adv.
C1 Advanced US /ˈsteɪtˈsaɪd/ UK /stˈeɪtsaɪd/ state·side

adv.in the United States of America. People often use this word when they are talking about returning to the US from another country.

adv.in the United States of America. Informal in register; typically used by non-Americans to refer to their home country.


SIMPLE

I am going stateside for the summer.

CONTEXTUAL

After living in London for five years, she decided to move stateside to be closer to her family.

COMPLEX

The expatriate returned stateside after a decade of working in the tech industry, seeking a more stable environment for his growing family.

Perhaps the most direct analog for his contributions is the career of Pelé, who arrived stateside in 1977 and transformed the landscape of the game in this country.

The Guardian· 10 Sept 2026

When Joro spiders first arrived stateside more than a decade ago, scientists worried the massive black-and-yellow spiders would gorge themselves on the same bugs as native spiders (or even the native spiders themselves).

Phys.org· 28 Aug 2026

From state + -side.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Level C1 · Advanced
Frequency Occasional
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