Визначення слова «upstage» мовою англійська

noun

1. (theater) The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.

adverb

1. Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.

   • The actor turned and walked upstage.

2. Away from the audience or camera.

adjective

1. At the rear of a stage.

   • The minimalist play used no upstage scenery.

2. (figurative, obsolete) Haughty, aloof.

verb

1. (figurative, transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.

   • She only wore that dress to upstage everyone.

2. (transitive, theater) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.

3. (transitive, by extension) To treat snobbishly.

4. (medicine, transitive) To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.