upstage
/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/
ʌpˈsteɪdʒ
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ʌp - ˈsteɪdʒ -> upstage
Myanmar meaning
ပြဇာတ်စင်၏ နောက်ဘက်နှင့် ပို၍ နီးသော။ အခြားသရုပ်ဆောင်ကို ပရိတ်သတ်အား ကျောပေးစေရန် ဇတ်ခုံအနောက်ဘက်သို့ ရွှေ့သွားသည်။ လူတစ်ယောက်ထံမှ အာရုံကို မိမိထံသို့ လွှဲပြောင်းသည်။
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More examples
- ‘Taylor's set employs a ballet bar set diagonally upstage from down stage right.’
- ‘The work begins with first one, then another of the dancers, wearing dark business suits and carrying metal briefcases, coming onstage, then moving in repetitive phalanx formations, upstage to down.’
- ‘His set was ingenious: An upstage curtain glided laterally, exposing a background that changed color and shape as dancers entered and exited in silhouette.’
- ‘The sounds of a music box shifted into gusting wind as one group of dancers exited upstage while another solemnly entered.’
- ‘While the front of the stage was visible, upstage was hidden behind patched curtains of a faded blue with gold trim.’
- ‘I went behind the upstage curtain, a place I had never been.’
- ‘The dancers marched upstage and down in front of the upstage screen.’
- ‘Kit Conner enters upstage left and crosses to downstage right and sits down on the table with feet on chair.’
- ‘With a sigh, she sat down on the brown, wooden stairs that led upstage.’
- ‘With stage shutters open to reveal a large drawing-room extending upstage, the partygoers are grouped around different card tables and involved in their card games.’
- ‘What I question is Zeffirelli's decision to set the action in what looks like a mix of Art Deco hotel lobby and theatre foyer, with a fake audience on stage and characters making upstage entrances through a false arch.’
- ‘Dominating the upstage wall is a crude collage of dust-weathered letters that provides a screen on which slides are projected.’
- ‘The set designed by Rosas consisted of gauzy drapery of brilliant yellow hung in scallops across the center stage, while a somber gray archway loomed behind it upstage center.’
- ‘The worthy fellow travels with heavy heart all the way to Bohemia, there to abandon the babe, whereupon he exits upstage right.’
- ‘They part to reveal a man hanging upside down from a wall upstage, and a woman, standing in a spotlight down stage, reaching out to him.’
- ‘He stands and using his cane starts to exit upstage.’
- ‘Complete with all the amenities you'd find in an office, desk, chairs, computers, water fountain; you could also see a second office through the door upstage.’
- ‘As the audience entered the stage was set up as a shabby music room: there was a straight-backed piano upstage right and various basic wooden chairs arranged with music stands.’
- ‘A life-size living room contrasts nicely with a miniature house, a full-size segment of a ship downstage with the entire ship in miniature upstage.’
- ‘The moment passed and the four resumed their explorations, eventually exiting upstage.’
Synonyms
cold-shoulder, coldshoulder, contemptuous, derisory, dog it, draw attention from, go one better, go one better than, high hat, high-and-mighty, high-hat, leave standing, on high horse, outdo, outmaneuver, outshine, overshadow, put in the shade, put somebody's nose out of joint, stuck up, superior, surpass, wiseguy
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