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CENTRE STAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does centre stage mean?
• CENTRE STAGE (noun)
The noun CENTRE STAGE has 2 senses:
1. a position of prominence or importance
2. the central area on a theater stage
Familiarity information: CENTRE STAGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A position of prominence or importance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
center stage; centre stage
Hypernyms ("centre stage" is a kind of...):
high status (a position of superior status)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The central area on a theater stage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
center stage; centre stage
Hypernyms ("centre stage" is a kind of...):
center; centre; eye; heart; middle (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
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