English Dictionary

DOWNSTAGE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does downstage mean? 

DOWNSTAGE (noun)
  The noun DOWNSTAGE has 1 sense:

1. the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)play

  Familiarity information: DOWNSTAGE used as a noun is very rare.


DOWNSTAGE (adjective)
  The adjective DOWNSTAGE has 1 sense:

1. of the front half of a stageplay

  Familiarity information: DOWNSTAGE used as an adjective is very rare.


DOWNSTAGE (adverb)
  The adverb DOWNSTAGE has 1 sense:

1. at or toward the front of the stageplay

  Familiarity information: DOWNSTAGE used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOWNSTAGE (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)


DOWNSTAGE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the front half of a stage

Antonym:

upstage (of the back half of a stage)


DOWNSTAGE (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

At or toward the front of the stage

Context example:

the actors moved further and further downstage

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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