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backstage

/bækˈsteɪd͡ʒ/

backstage adjective: relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.

Adjective

backstage (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
  2. Secret, concealed from the public.

Adverb

backstage (comparative more backstage, superlative most backstage)

  1. Towards the area behind the stage.
  2. Out of view of the public.
    • Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry / You've gone away and each night I seem to die a little1966, “Backstage”, performed by Gene Pitney

Noun

backstage (plural backstages)

  1. The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
  2. The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
    • Another broad issue regarding the physical setting involves decisions about the setting's frontstage and backstage.2013, Raymond Fisk, Stephen Grove, Joby John, Services Marketing Interactive Approach, →ISBN, page 73

backstage meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

backstage in Hindi

backstage
नेपथ्य nepathya

backstage in Marathi

बॅकस्टेज

backstage in Bengali

backstage
নেপথ্যমঞ্চ nepotthomonco
backstage; the area behind the stage not visible to the audience; the green room or dressing room of a theatre
নেপথ্য nepottho

backstage in Telugu

బ్యాక్స్టేజ్
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backstage in Malayalam
ബാക്ക്സ്റ്റേജ്
backstage in Kannada
ರಂಗದ ಹಿಂಬದಿಗೆ, ನೇಪಥ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ, ರಹಸ್ಯವಾಗಿ, ಬಹಿರಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಬರದೆ
backstage in Punjabi
ਬੈਕਸਟੇਜ
backstage in Gujarati
નેપથ્ય nepathya
backstage in Sanskrit
नेपथ्य nepathya
backstage in Nepali
ब्याकस्टेज
backstage in Arabic
كَوَالِيس kawālīs

Examples of backstage in a sentence

  • Could you fix it for me to meet the band backstage?
  • After the concert, I totally queened out when I met Cher in person backstage.
  • The backstage crew of the movie were the unsung heroes.

All 25 example sentences with backstage

Forms of backstage

Adverb
comparativemore backstage
superlativemost backstage
Noun
pluralbackstages

Origin of backstage

From back + stage.

Words formed from backstage

Words that rhyme with backstage

27 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about backstage

What does backstage mean?
Backstage means relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
What is backstage in Hindi?
Backstage in Hindi is नेपथ्य (nepathya). See Backstage meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is backstage?
Backstage can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce backstage?
Backstage is pronounced /bækˈsteɪd͡ʒ/.

Words near backstage in the dictionary

  1. backstabbings
  2. backstabby
  3. backstabs
  4. backstaff
  5. backstaffs
  6. backstage
  7. backstage Johnny
  8. backstager
  9. backstagers
  10. backstages
  11. backstair

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: backstage (page history and authors); नेपथ्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); backstage (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); নেপথ্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); backstage (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); backstage (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); backstage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); backstage (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); નેપથ્ય (Gujarati) (page history and authors); नेपथ्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); backstage (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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