"upstaging" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: upstagings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} upstaging (plural upstagings)
  1. A situation where somebody or something is upstaged; thus:
    (theater, also figurative) A stealing of the spotlight, as (or as if) one performer eclipses another in the audience's attention.
    Tags: also, figuratively Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-upstaging-en-noun-kU9nWqqQ Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  2. A situation where somebody or something is upstaged; thus:
    (medicine, surgery, oncology) An increase in the stage of a case of a disease (usually a cancer), from a less-threatening to a more-threatening stage.
    Categories (topical): Medicine, Oncology, Surgery
    Sense id: en-upstaging-en-noun-Hndjm8BW Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences, surgery

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} upstaging
  1. present participle and gerund of upstage Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: upstage
    Sense id: en-upstaging-en-verb-X8KI~gcr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 58

Inflected forms

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