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Downstage
Meaning
Adv
●
Toward or at the front of a
theatrical
stage.
●
Towards a motion-picture or
television
camera.
Adj
●
At the front of a stage.
Noun
●
The part of a
stage
that is
closest to
the
audience
or camera.
Verb
●
In Medicine & Theater:
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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Origin
downstage
English
down
English
doun
Middle English (1100-1500)
dun
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
dune
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
dún
Old Norse
stage
English
stage
Middle English (1100-1500)
estage
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
-age
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
-aticum
Latin
ester
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
esto
Latin
sto
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Soundhole
Gobos
Uplights
Offstage
Stage Left
Ride Cymbal
Back Wall
Rhymes
Age
Wage
Gage
Cage
Mage
Sage
Gage
Page
Rage
Gauge
Beige
Phage
Stage
Scrage
Uncage
Enrage
Engage
Rampage
Overage
Presage
Assuage
Upstage
Underage
Backstage
Downstage
Disengage
Macrophage
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