"forestage" meaning in English

See forestage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: forestages [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forstage, equivalent to fore- + stage. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forstage}} Middle English forstage, {{prefix|en|fore|stage}} fore- + stage Head templates: {{en-noun}} forestage (plural forestages)
  1. The part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain. Translations (the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain): авансце́на (avanscéna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), prosceni [masculine] (Catalan), avant-scène [feminine] (French), Vorbühne [feminine] (German), ribalta [feminine] (Italian), proscēnium [neuter] (Latin), ardan toshee [masculine] (Manx), ribalta [feminine] (Portuguese), авансце́на (avanscéna) [feminine] (Russian), perde arkası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-forestage-en-noun-mQZionWB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 23 7 18 24 28 Disambiguation of 'the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain': 98 2 0
  2. A preliminary or developmental stage.
    Sense id: en-forestage-en-noun-o6jk~gtd
  3. (obsolete) Forecastle. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-forestage-en-noun-T8bOJnlO Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 23 7 18 24 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: forestages [plural]
Etymology: From forest + -age. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|forest|age}} forest + -age Head templates: {{en-noun}} forestage (plural forestages)
  1. (UK, law, historical) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-forestage-en-noun-qAlqQXiZ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 2 34 31 23 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 8 3 4 30 30 20 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 3 35 33 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 3 32 31 27 3 Topics: law
  2. (UK, law, historical) A service paid by foresters to the king. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-forestage-en-noun-RgzKowYE Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 2 34 31 23 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 8 3 4 30 30 20 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 3 35 33 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 3 32 31 27 3 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: forestages [present, singular, third-person], forestaging [participle, present], forestaged [participle, past], forestaged [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forstage, equivalent to fore- + stage. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forstage}} Middle English forstage, {{prefix|en|fore|stage}} fore- + stage Head templates: {{en-verb}} forestage (third-person singular simple present forestages, present participle forestaging, simple past and past participle forestaged)
  1. (theater) To block so that someone or something appears in the forestage. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-forestage-en-verb-3~sOleCo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-, English terms suffixed with -age, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 2 34 31 23 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 23 7 18 24 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 8 3 4 30 30 20 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 6 9 57 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 3 35 33 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 3 32 31 27 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 9 9 52 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 10 10 53 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 4 6 61 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 10 10 53 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 6 9 63 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 6 6 9 63 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 7 10 10 53 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 10 10 54 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 6 9 63 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 9 8 58 20 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  2. (by extension) To make prominent; to bring into focus. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-forestage-en-verb-aT279~Wc Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 23 7 18 24 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The various foot abnormalities have been found to belong to a series of specific types (I to V), all of which have their forestages in embryonic blebs, the final location of which has proved to be decisive for the type of abnormality.",
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          "text": "The antecedents of exhange are the subjective forms of appropriation of alien possessions, robbery and gift-giving - just as presents given to the chief and penalties imposed by the chief represent forestages of taxation.",
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          "text": "It forestages the insistent presence of patterns of centre/periphery relations within Chicanidad, or rather the presence of multi-tier Chicanidades, with substantial disparities regarding the needs and problems of their members, increasing the gap between the centred and the peripheral ones.",
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          "ref": "1905, AMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association:",
          "text": "The formation of exogenous uric acid is largely within our power; the amount can be diminished by limiting the forestages of uric acid-nucleins and purin derivatives—in the food.",
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          "ref": "1934, The journal of experimental zoology - Volume 67, page 515:",
          "text": "The various foot abnormalities have been found to belong to a series of specific types (I to V), all of which have their forestages in embryonic blebs, the final location of which has proved to be decisive for the type of abnormality.",
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          "ref": "2001, Jeffrey C Alexander, Mainstream and Critical Social Theory, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The antecedents of exhange are the subjective forms of appropriation of alien possessions, robbery and gift-giving - just as presents given to the chief and penalties imposed by the chief represent forestages of taxation.",
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          "ref": "2013, Alfred Ribi, The Search for Roots: C. G. Jung and the Tradition of Gnosis, →ISBN, page 150:",
          "text": "The explanation of Gnostic ideas “in terms of themselves,” i.e., in terms of their historical foundations, is futile, for in that way they are reduced only to their less developed forestages but not understood in their actual significance.",
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          "ref": "1787, John Fenn, Original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI.:",
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          "ref": "1838, The United Service Magazine, page 22:",
          "text": "This account differs from that in the Cottonian Roll, as well as from that given by Hackluyt, which are both 14,956. In neither of these, however, is any mention of the ships of forstage, the barges, ballengers, or victuallers.",
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          "ref": "1977, Leonard George Carr Laughton, Roger Charles Anderson, William Gordon Perrin, The Mariner's Mirror - Volume 63, page 367:",
          "text": "Another letter of 1462 also mentions 'great forestages out of Spain'.",
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          "ref": "1979, Frank Howard, Sailing Ships of War, 1400-1860, page 19:",
          "text": "The oldest have single-decked and open forestages and the hulls are clinker-built for the characteristic nail pattern is shown; the planks are short.",
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        "(obsolete) Forecastle."
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          "ref": "1925, O. Henry, Works - Volume 13, page xxiii:",
          "text": "There is subtle thought, even profound thought, not so much in the working out of the plots as in the selection and forestaging of such humorous situations as make the plots work themselves out.",
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          "ref": "1991, Susan Lisbeth Chast, Ellen Stewart and La Mama: A Study of Theatrical Spaces:",
          "text": "Yet, despite the invocation of cultural practices in images, the facade setting preventing the spectators' attention from wandering to an outside environment, prevented spectators from seeing the action as a natural aspect of a total environment by forestaging the action as a construct in response to particular situations.",
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        "To block so that someone or something appears in the forestage."
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        "(theater) To block so that someone or something appears in the forestage."
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          "ref": "2016, Projit Bihari Mukharji, Doctoring Traditions: Ayurveda, Small Technologies, and Braided Sciences, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Not only was Binodlal one of the first to forestage sontap (“heat”) as the key element in fevers, but he was also one of the first to try to understand sontap as \"motion.\"",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Züleyha Çetiner-Öktem, Mythmaking across Boundaries, →ISBN, page 61:",
          "text": "It forestages the insistent presence of patterns of centre/periphery relations within Chicanidad, or rather the presence of multi-tier Chicanidades, with substantial disparities regarding the needs and problems of their members, increasing the gap between the centred and the peripheral ones.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To make prominent; to bring into focus."
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        "(by extension) To make prominent; to bring into focus."
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        "A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters."
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        "A service paid by foresters to the king."
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}

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