"stagecraft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stagecrafts [plural]
Etymology: * 1880 * stage + craft. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stage|craft}} stage + craft Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} stagecraft (usually uncountable, plural stagecrafts)
  1. (uncountable) The skills of the theater. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (skills of the theater): Bühnenkunst [feminine] (German), schauspielerisches Handwerk [neuter] (German), schauspielerisches Können [neuter] (German), színpadi gyakorlat (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-stagecraft-en-noun-ei0A984A Disambiguation of 'skills of the theater': 79 21
  2. (countable) A specific skill of the theater. Tags: countable, usually Translations (specific skill of the theater): színpadtechnika (Hungarian), színpadi mesterség (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-stagecraft-en-noun--pfHnmn7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -craft Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -craft: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'specific skill of the theater': 8 92

Inflected forms

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