downstage

English edit

Etymology edit

down- +‎ stage

Pronunciation edit

Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Adverb edit

downstage (comparative more downstage, superlative most downstage)

Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.

Adjective edit

downstage (comparative more downstage, superlative most downstage)

At the front of a stage.

Noun edit

downstage (uncountable)

The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.

Verb edit

downstage (third-person singular simple present downstages, present participle downstaging, simple past and past participle downstaged)

(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).