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UK
/ˈɒfsteɪdʒ/
]
[ US /ˈɔfˈsteɪdʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈɔfˈsteɪdʒ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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concealed from public view or attention
offstage political meetings -
situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience
offstage noises
ADVERB
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behind the scenes; not on stage
the actors were waiting offstage -
not in public
the deal was done offstage
NOUN
- a stage area out of sight of the audience
How To Use offstage In A Sentence
- Assertion: Michelle Obama's affectionate fist bump with her husband as they walked offstage was a "terrorist fist jab" (in the words of Fox anchorperson E.D. Hill). Robert Koehler: The Shadow Platform
- The only smoke that will fill their meeting rooms will be the smoke of incense and, offstage, choirs of maidens will sing sweet and low. Times, Sunday Times
- And the ragged offstage chorus needed work. Times, Sunday Times
- Upon hearing that he had been marked down for wandering, Levrone fumed, ‘I didn't know you could be marked down for walking offstage.
- For the dream sequences, the four hang from bars offstage and balance pillows under their spotlit heads so they seem to be horizontal.
- She's one of Woody's great creations, a larger than life figure who is compelled to transform every moment of her offstage life into a drama worthy of the hammiest theater. Archive 2008-06-01
- Everyone else seems to be waiting for an offstage cue before they perform, as if unsure of what to do or say next.
- Although his Ride is confined to offstage environs, it is described in living color by the clown Biondello, affording both on- and off-stage audiences a glimpse of Petruchio's future with a curst wife.
- The other attempts too place "offstage", but because of the problems within the Alliance, the plans didn't go as smoothly as they should have - hence the lack of success. Q & A
- Though best known for the funny and outspoken roles that she plays on screen, offstage she is shy and rather serious.