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upstage

upstage

6.8
Toward the back of a stage away from the audience
  • adverb
  • /ˈʌpˌsteɪdʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : al fondo del escenario
  • The actor slipped behind the curtains and walked upstage to prepare for his next scene.

If we go kind of upstage into the darkness will disappear.

Examples

  • And then we would say try facing upstage or try this.

  • If we go kind of upstage into the darkness will disappear.

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • During the performance, she moved upstage to create distance from the spotlight.

  • The set design was arranged with the props carefully placed upstage for better visibility.

Antonyms

downstage
  • Specialized
4 6.3

At the front of a stage near the audience

How Upstage

upstage
  • Specialized
6.8
center stage
  • US
8 3.9
downstage
  • Specialized
4 6.3

Surface Forms

upstage positive

Morphology

upstage = stage (transparent) = up + stage

The adverbial sense 'toward the rear of the stage' is a direct locational compound of 'up' + 'stage'. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Upstage (adverb) is formed from up + stage and simply tells you to move 'toward the back' of the stage, the part that is away from the audience.