onstage

adverb or adjective

on·​stage ˈȯn-ˈstāj How to pronounce onstage (audio)
ˈän-,
-ˌstāj
: on or onto a stage : on a part of the stage visible to the audience

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Ball imagined wooing Posen, but instead Posen came onstage afterward and gave Ball a correction. Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024 Robots are playing instruments onstage as well, moving to the music like dancers. Jaron Lanier, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024 Anticipation regarding what might happen on closing night rippled through the stadium before the singer appeared onstage, not least because of the numerous cameras peppered around the floor and rigged on wires overhead. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024 Nintendo’s mobile ambitions didn’t quite take off the way many of us expected when Shigeru Miyamoto stood onstage at an Apple event to introduce Super Mario Run. Andrew Webster, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for onstage 

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of onstage was in 1925

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“Onstage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onstage. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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onstage

adverb or adjective
on·​stage ˈȯn-ˈstāj How to pronounce onstage (audio)
ˈän-
: on or onto a stage : on a part of the stage visible to the audience

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