onstage

See also: on-stage

English

Alternative forms

• on-stage, on stage

Etymology

From on +‎ stage.

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.
   • 2009, Jennifer Bringle, Lighting, page 23:

     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.

   • 2025 June 23, Emma Goldberg, Jake Dockins, “‘Less Burnout, More Babies’: How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 June 2025:

     Mr. Kirk sat onstage with his wife Friday night and drove home the weekend’s message.

Antonyms

• offstage

Anagrams

• tangoes