noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. also, figuratively
2. 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.

Verb

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

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actact as foilairyaloofaloofappear

Antonyms

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downstaging

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