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STAGE DIRECTION

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does stage direction mean? 

STAGE DIRECTION (noun)
  The noun STAGE DIRECTION has 1 sense:

1. an instruction written as part of the script of a playplay

  Familiarity information: STAGE DIRECTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAGE DIRECTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An instruction written as part of the script of a play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

direction; instruction (a message describing how something is to be done)

Holonyms ("stage direction" is a part of...):

drama; dramatic play; play (a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage)


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