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Added 10 October 2026

downstage

adverb

adverb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about downstage at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.

adjective

At the front of a stage.

noun

The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.

verb

To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).

Origin

From down- + stage.

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