What does upstage mean?

Definitions for upstage
ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒup·stage

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. upstageadjective

    the rear part of the stage

  2. upstageadjective

    of the back half of a stage

    "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"

  3. aloof, distant, upstageverb

    remote in manner

    "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"

  4. upstageverb

    treat snobbishly, put in one's place

  5. upstageverb

    move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience

  6. upstageadverb

    steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else

    "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"

  7. upstageadverb

    at or toward the rear of the stage

    "the dancers were directed to move upstage"

Wiktionary

  1. upstagenoun

    The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.

  2. upstageverb

    To draw attention away from.

    She only wore that dress to upstage everyone.

  3. upstageverb

    To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.

  4. upstageverb

    To treat snobbishly.

  5. upstageadverb

    toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.

    The actor turned and walked upstage.

  6. upstageadverb

    away from a motion-picture or television camera.

  7. upstageadjective

    At the rear of a stage.

    The minimalist play used no upstage scenery.

ChatGPT

  1. upstage

    Upstage refers to the part of a theater stage that is furthest away from the audience. In a broader context, to upstage someone means to draw attention away from them and towards oneself, generally by behaving in a showy or exaggerated manner.

Wikidata

  1. UpStage

    UpStage is an open source server-side application that has been purpose built for Cyberformance: multiple artists collaborate in real time via the UpStage platform to create and present live theatrical performances, for audiences who can be online or in a shared space, and who can interact with the performance via a text chat tool. It can also be understood as a form of digital puppetry.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of upstage in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of upstage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of upstage in a Sentence

  1. Madison Rae Margraves:

    I came here in support of my daughters … I’m not here to upstage [them], i’m here to help them heal.

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