upstage

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.

Adv

1. Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
2. Away from the audience or camera.

Adj

1. At the rear of a stage.
2. (figuratively, obsolete) Haughty, aloof.

Verb

1. (figuratively, transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
2. (transitive) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
3. (broadly, transitive) To treat snobbishly.
4. (transitive) To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.

Konzepte

Emporkömmling

überschatten

Gegenteil von

downstage

Synonyme

aloof

distant

final stage

outdo

outshine

overshadow

shadow

stuck-up

uppish

steal the show

last stage

toffee-nosed

output stage

back part of stage

Übersetzungen

υπεροπτικός

eclipsar

eclipsar

arrogant

distant

éclipser

hautain

entacher

ombrager

haitainement

reléguer au second plan

surpasser en éclat

élipser

arrivista

al fons de l’escenari

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ʌpˈsteɪd͡ʒ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From up- + stage. The figurative uses “haughty” and “to draw attention away” derive from actors moving to a higher and thus more visible position on a sloped stage.