Library / English Dictionary

DOWNSTAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("downstage" is a kind of...):

stage (a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience)

Holonyms ("downstage" is a part of...):

theater stage; theatre stage (a stage in a theater on which actors can perform)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the front half of a stage

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

upstage (of the back half of a stage)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb downstage

 IV. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

At or toward the front of the stage

Example:

the actors moved further and further downstage

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain category:

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)

Antonym:

upstage (at or toward the rear of the stage)

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