onstage

[on-steyj, awn-]

adverb

1. on or onto the stage (offstage ).

   The director shouted, “Onstage, everybody!”

adjective

1. of, relating to, or used in the acting area, or that part of the stage that is in view of the audience.

Word History and Origins

Origin of onstage¹

First recorded in 1925–30; on + stage

Example Sentences

“Whenever a song of hers comes on at our party, people start screaming, they’re jumping onstage. That feeling of tangibly belonging to a community is what Futch was born out of.”

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“I’m sorry we sent them into space,” Donna Langley said in an onstage interview at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

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Doda was credited with widely popularizing topless dancing, with her dazzling onstage persona, and gained worldwide fame through her act in the 1960s and ’70s.

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“We all know each other so well that we know exactly where each other will be onstage without looking,” Havok says.

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In his post, he told fans: "Have an amazing time if you're going this month, and I'll see you back onstage with the band in November. Bonehead X."

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