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downstage

The English word “downstage” has 5 meanings listed here.

adverb

  1. Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
  2. Towards a motion-picture or television camera.

adjective

  1. At the front of a stage.

noun

  1. The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.

verb

  1. To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).

Etymology

From down- + stage.

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