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The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
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(theater) A backstage worker whose main responsibility is the maintenance and supply of props.
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On the left side of the stage when viewed from the audience facing the stage; stage right.
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On the right side of the stage when viewed from the audience facing the stage, stage left.
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An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.
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The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
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A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
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A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
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A work or medium used (mostly) for the purpose of boosting the enjoyment of another medium.
adj
(informal) Suitable for, or resembling, a background.
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(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
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(uncountable, music) The positioning of amplifiers behind the performers when playing on a stage.
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A scene used as a background.
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A screen that is placed behind something (such as a projector)
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
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One who works backstage.
adv
Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
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A stand, made for holding books open.
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(theater) A set with a proscenium arch stage and three walls, creating the appearance of an enclosed room.
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(theater) An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.
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(technical theatre) A light flat covered with muslin.
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On the left side of the stage when viewed from the audience facing the stage, stage right.
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On the right side of the stage when viewed from the audience facing the stage, stage left.
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An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement for women in the filmmaking industry.
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(theater) A room or area in a theater or studio which contains technical equipment for controlling things like lighting and sound for productions.
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(figuratively, obsolete, rare) The conclusion of something; the end of something.
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A side scene of the stage in a theater or the space between the side scenes.
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(performing arts) In a theater, an initial play, musical performance, etc which precedes the main performance.
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A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.
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The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
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(now rare) The curtain lowered in a theatre between the acts of a play, to allow for set changes etc.
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(film, television) Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.
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(theater) Any of various other divisions between groups of people in the theatre.
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(theater) A portable stage that can be disassembled and taken from one venue to another.
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(technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene. It's a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth orbackdrop.
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(technical theatre) flats, taken as a whole
adj
(India, nonstandard) Based on, or in terms of, the floor.
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One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
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The area above the stage of a theater, where scenery, curtains and lighting are hung.
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(music) The use of rear-facing heavy-duty loudspeakers on stage during live music performances, to improve sound for the audience or to allow performers to hear and monitor themselves.
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(theater) A spotlight that follows a performer as they move around on the stage.
v
(theater) To block so that someone or something appears in the forestage.
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In full view of the public or in a public role.
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(theater) A microphone typically kept backstage or in the control booth for speaking to the audience from offstage.
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(nautical) The middle watch on a ship, from midnight to 4 am.
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(theater) A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.
adj
Manual; operated by hand.
n
(programming) Synonym of include guard
adj
(typography) Having a hook-like element at the top, as in some phonetic symbols such as Ɓ ("hooktop B").
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(historical) An object that marks the boundary of a piece of land (usually a stone, or a tree).
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A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
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Alternative form of mainstage [The largest performing space in a venue.]
adj
(of something performed on a stage) mainstream; implies popular.
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The platform beneath the stage in a large theater.
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(theater, obsolete) A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.
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(theater) Sound effects produced offstage.
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Alternative form of offstage [(transitive) To relegate (part of a play) to the offstage area, rather than showing it to the audience.]
adj
Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience.
adj
Alternative form of onstage [On the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.]
adj
On the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.
adj
(theater, of lighting, machinery etc) above the stage
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(historical) One of two apartments adjoining the ancient stage, probably used as dressing rooms.
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(theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
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A device for changing scenery in a theatre. A row of adjacent, three-sided columns form a backdrop to the stage and are turned in unison to show a different face.
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(historical) A revolving structure used to change scenes rapidly in a theatre: a tall prism-shaped frame or screen at the side entrances, each carrying a number of scenes changed by turning the frames.
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A marker indicating a place on a map or elsewhere.
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(figuratively) Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
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The part of a theater behind the scenes; the backstage area.
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(marketing) In retail selling, a large, visually appealing display of products intended to attract the interest of customers.
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The raised box in the apron of a stage, opening towards the actors. The prompter sits inside with the prompter's book, ready to give cues for missed or forgotten lines.
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(in a theatre) The arch that frames a stage, and separates it from the auditorium.
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A platform for a film or television camera.
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An area in a theatre with access to the stage and the loading doors where scenery is temporarily stored
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A piece of freestanding stage scenery.
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Alternative spelling of shortcut [A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.]
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(Christianity) A gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body in the shape of a cross made as part of ritual or to invoke divine protection.
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(theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
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An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage.
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(art) The people and animals represented in a landscape painting
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A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
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(slang, humorous) stage manager
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Alternative spelling of stagedoor [the door used by actors and other professionals when entering or leaving a theatre]
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Alternative form of stagehand [A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media.]
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(acting) The area to the left of the stage when looking towards the audience
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(acting) The area to the right of the stage when looking towards the audience
adj
(theater, rare) Synonym of stagestruck
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the door used by actors and other professionals when entering or leaving a theatre
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A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media.
adv
Located beside the stage.
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A place to gather in preparation.
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An intermediate stopping point.
v
(chiefly historical) To accept a sign or badge depicting the Christian cross as part of an oath or vow, especially to take part in a crusade.
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Items used in stage plays and similar entertainments to further the action.
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(theater) A stage that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its upstage end.
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(theater) The area beneath a stage.
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(informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
adv
Away from the audience or camera.
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The area in which a robot, or any part of one, can move around.
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