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CENTER STAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does center stage mean? 

CENTER STAGE (noun)
  The noun CENTER STAGE has 2 senses:

1. a position of prominence or importanceplay

2. the central area on a theater stageplay

  Familiarity information: CENTER STAGE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTER STAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A position of prominence or importance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

center stage; centre stage

Hypernyms ("center stage" is a kind of...):

high status (a position of superior status)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The central area on a theater stage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

center stage; centre stage

Hypernyms ("center stage" is a kind of...):

center; centre; eye; heart; middle (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)


 Context examples 


Mars will remain in Libra for nearly three weeks, until November 18, and then move into Scorpio, putting you at center stage.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You’ll welcome all the changes, too—they will put you center stage.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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