onstage
advEtymology From on + stage.
1
Taking place on the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.
- 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.2009, Jennifer Bringle, Lighting, page 23:
- Mr. Kirk sat onstage with his wife Friday night and drove home the weekend’s message.2025 June 23, Emma Goldberg, Jake Dockins, “‘Less Burnout, More Babies’: How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025:
- Antonyms
- offstage