Dictionary

offstage en · ADJ

Etymology

From off + stage.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience.
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the private life of a celebrity.

Forms

Translations (9)

pl zakulisowy (of that part of a stage not visible to the audience) · uk закулі́сний (of that part of a stage not visible to the audience) · ja ステージ袖 (of that part of a stage not visible to the audience) · ja 舞台袖 (of that part of a stage not visible to the audience) · uk залаштунко́вий (of that part of a stage not visible to the audience) · bg задкулисен (of that part of a stage not visible to the audience) · es fuera de estrado (of that part of a stage not visible to the audience) · es fuera de la tarima (of that part of a stage not visible to the audience) · es en off (of that part of a stage not visible to the audience)

offstage en · ADV

Etymology

From off + stage.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Taking place offstage (as above).

Forms

Antonyms

onstage

Translations (5)

es fuera de tarima (taking place offstage) · es fuera del estrado (taking place offstage) · pl zakulisowo (taking place offstage) · bg задкулисно (taking place offstage) · es en off (taking place offstage)

offstage en · VERB

Etymology

From off + stage.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To relegate (part of a play) to the offstage area, rather than showing it to the audience.
   • A boy has just murdered another one year older than himself, but Morgan offstages the event as a nuntius would the horrors of Greek tragedy. 2009, Rodney Edgecombe, Aspects of Form and Genre in the Poetry of Edwin Morgan, page 94:

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