main stage
- noun
- After they passed through the crowd, the procession ended on the main stage.
- main stage performances
- band took the main stage
- debate on the main stage
Examples
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Right now on the main stage, the great Mac Digby.
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The crowd gets in the mood during last year's Folsom Live, dancing in front of the main stage.
Blog text (15) -
"We got the Kid coming up on the main stage."
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Guys, coming up here on the main stage.
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"Coming down to the main stage, "please welcome Tobi."
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EMCEE: Up next on the main stage...
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And will you please direct your attention to the main stage and give it up for my phenomenal band!
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And now, let's welcome to the main stage... the one, the only, Ramona.
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Members of the Nefarious and Omen teams, please come to the main stage.
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During the festival, the headline band will perform on the main stage at 8 PM.
Synonyms
The middle part of a stage where the main action happens
How Important
- Jargon
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the most important platform where main events happen' is directly derivable from combining 'main' (primary, chief) with 'stage' (performance platform). This straightforward adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows normal compositional semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The phrase main stage comes from live shows: the main or biggest stage is where the main acts play, so it means 'the most important area' at an event.