OFFSTAGE


Meaning of OFFSTAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɒfsteɪdʒ, AM ɔ:f- ]

also off-stage

1.

When an actor or entertainer goes offstage , they go into the area behind or to the side of the stage, so that the audience no longer sees them.

She ran offstage in tears...

There was a lot of noise offstage.

≠ onstage

ADV : ADV after v , n ADV

2.

Offstage is used to describe the behaviour of actors or entertainers in real life, when they are not performing.

...the tragedies of their off-stage lives.

≠ onstage

ADJ : ADJ n

Offstage is also an adverb.

Despite their bitter screen rivalry, off-stage they are close friends.

≠ onstage

ADV : ADV with cl

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