verb🔗ShareTo draw attention away from others, especially on-stage."She only wore that dress to upstage everyone."entertainmentstageactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage."During the school play, Emily accidentally upstaged her classmate by standing too far back on the stage, forcing the classmate to turn away from the audience. "entertainmentstageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo treat snobbishly."She upstaged her classmate by bragging about her expensive new car, making them feel inferior. "attitudecharacterstylestageentertainmentactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo restage (cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment (compare downstage)."After further testing, the patient's lung cancer was unfortunately upstaged from Stage 2 to Stage 3, indicating it had spread further. "medicinediseaseChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
