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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
upstaging en · NOUN
Meanings
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(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.
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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
Antonyms
downstaging
Hypernyms
restaging
upstaging en · VERB
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of upstage