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CENTRE STAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centre stage mean? 

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

1. a position of prominence or importanceplay

2. the central area on a theater stageplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTRE 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 ("centre stage" is a kind of...):

high status (a position of superior status)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The central area on a theater stage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

center stage; centre stage

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

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

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)


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