downstage

Etymology

From down- +‎ stage.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Adverb

downstage (comparative more downstage, superlative most downstage)

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

Adjective

downstage (comparative more downstage, superlative most downstage)

1. At the front of a stage.

Noun

downstage (uncountable)

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

Verb

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

1. (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).

See also

• center stage
• upstage
• stage left
• stage right