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downstage

Rhymes with -eɪdʒ

Where it comes from

From down- + stage.

adverb more downstage · most downstage

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

adjective more downstage · most downstage

  1. At the front of a stage.

noun

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

verb downstages · downstaging · downstaged

  1. 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).

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@misc{downstage_2026,
  title = {downstage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/downstage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}