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Upstage Very Common

Origin: French suffix -age

Upstage has 11 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Noun
1

the rear part of the stage

2

The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.

Verb
1

treat snobbishly, put in one's place

2

move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience

3

steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else

"When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"

4

To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.

Adjective
1

of the back half of a stage

"she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"

2

remote in manner

"stood apart with aloof dignity"

"a distant smile"

"he was upstage with strangers"

3

At the rear of a stage.

Adverb
1

at or toward the rear of the stage

"the dancers were directed to move upstage"

2

Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.

Example Sentences
"When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress" verb
"she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience" adjective
"stood apart with aloof dignity" adjective
"a distant smile" adjective
"he was upstage with strangers" adjective
"the dancers were directed to move upstage" adverb
See Also
upstaging center stage upstager theatrical toward audience rear stage
Related Terms
Antonyms
downstage
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
part treat move outshine
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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