Definition of upstages Upstages

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What does upstages mean?

Part of speech

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  • upstages, verb, present, 3rd person singular of upstage (infinitive).
  • upstages, noun, plural of upstage.

WordNet

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Noun

Plural: upstages

upstage - the rear part of the stage
  portion, part something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"

Verb

upstages, upstaging, upstaged  

upstage - steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
  outshine attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality"
upstage - move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
  displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
upstage - treat snobbishly, put in one's place
  do by, handle, treat touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise"

Adjective

upstage, upstager, upstagest

upstage - of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
upstage - remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
  aloof, distant
  reserved marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West

Adverb

upstage - at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"
  dramatic art, dramaturgy, dramatics, theater, theatre the art of writing and producing plays
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  • upstage
    Draw attention to oneself away from someone else.

Part of speech

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  • upstage, verb, present, 1st person singular of upstage (infinitive).
  • upstage, verb (infinitive).
  • upstage, noun, singular of upstages.
  • upstage, adjective, not comparable.

Pronunciation

Sign Language

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