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onstage

onstage adjective: on the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.

Adjective

onstage (not comparable)

  1. On the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.

Adverb

onstage (not comparable)

  1. Taking place on the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.
    • The first is a special—a single lighting instrument that lights a particular spot on the stage. Specials generally have no color, or a more saturated color, allowing them to stand out through other lighting onstage.2009, Jennifer Bringle, Lighting, page 23
    • Mr. Kirk sat onstage with his wife Friday night and drove home the weekend’s message.2025 June 23, Emma Goldberg, Jake Dockins, “‘Less Burnout, More Babies’: How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025

Examples of onstage in a sentence

  • When she walked onstage, you'd think there was a fire the way everyone was screaming.
  • The fans immediately went berserk as the singer walked onstage.
  • Practicals are used onstage as they would be used in real life.

All 28 example sentences with onstage

Antonyms of onstage

Forms of onstage

alternative formon-stage
alternative formon stage

Origin of onstage

From on + stage.

Questions about onstage

What does onstage mean?
Onstage means on the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.
What part of speech is onstage?
Onstage can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near onstage in the dictionary

  1. onst
  2. Onstad
  3. Onstads
  4. onstaffing
  5. onstaffings
  6. onstage
  7. onstead
  8. onsteads
  9. onstream
  10. Onsu
  11. onsweep

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