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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

upstaging en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (also, figuratively) A situation where somebody or something is upstaged; thus: ▸ A stealing of the spotlight, as (or as if) one performer eclipses another in the audience's attention.
  2. A situation where somebody or something is upstaged; thus: ▸ An increase in the stage of a case of a disease (usually a cancer), from a less-threatening to a more-threatening stage.

Forms

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Antonyms

downstaging

Hypernyms

restaging

upstaging en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of upstage
    form of upstage