"downstage" meaning in English

See downstage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more downstage [comparative], most downstage [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒ Etymology: Etymology tree English down- English stage English downstage From down- + stage. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|down-|stage|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English down- English stage English downstage From down- + stage. Head templates: {{en-adj}} downstage (comparative more downstage, superlative most downstage)
  1. At the front of a stage.
    Sense id: en-downstage-en-adj-WU1UTizU

Adverb

Forms: more downstage [comparative], most downstage [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒ Etymology: Etymology tree English down- English stage English downstage From down- + stage. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|down-|stage|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English down- English stage English downstage From down- + stage. Head templates: {{en-adv}} downstage (comparative more downstage, superlative most downstage)
  1. Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
    Sense id: en-downstage-en-adv-Mgd2jMP5
  2. Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
    Sense id: en-downstage-en-adv-sjieTGnB

Noun

Rhymes: -eɪdʒ Etymology: Etymology tree English down- English stage English downstage From down- + stage. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|down-|stage|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English down- English stage English downstage From down- + stage. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} downstage (uncountable)
  1. The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-downstage-en-noun-9GxwmdgN Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 0 6 25 51 18 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 0 6 22 50 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 0 6 22 50 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 28 57 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 0 11 21 53 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 6 27 61 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 5 26 63 6 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 0 10 17 54 19

Verb

Forms: downstages [present, singular, third-person], downstaging [participle, present], downstaged [participle, past], downstaged [past]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒ Etymology: Etymology tree English down- English stage English downstage From down- + stage. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|down-|stage|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English down- English stage English downstage From down- + stage. Head templates: {{en-verb}} downstage (third-person singular simple present downstages, present participle downstaging, simple past and past participle downstaged)
  1. (medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage). Tags: transitive Related terms: center stage, upstage, stage left, stage right
    Sense id: en-downstage-en-verb-AUBiAkUq Categories (other): Medicine, English terms prefixed with down-, Theater Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 0 10 13 28 49 Disambiguation of Theater: 10 22 2 25 40 Topics: medicine, sciences

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