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onstage

adj

Etymology

From on + stage.

  1. derived from ester — “to be standing, be located”
  2. derived from estage — “dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”
  3. inherited from stage
  4. compounded as onstage — “on + stage”

Definitions

  1. On the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.

  2. Taking place on the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.

    • The first is a special—a single lighting instrument that lights a particular spot on the stage. Specials generally have no color, or a more saturated color, allowing them to stand out through other lighting onstage.
    • Mr. Kirk sat onstage with his wife Friday night and drove home the weekend’s message.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for onstage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA