noun
Meaning 1
The part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain.
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Standard Lemma guide
forestage
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noun
Meaning 2
A preliminary or developmental stage.
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noun
Meaning 3
Forecastle.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 5
A service paid by foresters to the king.
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Usage: UK, historical
Topics: law
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verb
Meaning 6
To block so that someone or something appears in the forestage.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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verb
Meaning 7
To make prominent; to bring into focus.
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Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 8
the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: proscenium, apron
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Broader terms: stage
History
Etymology
From Middle English forstage, equivalent to fore- + stage.
Etymology tree English forest Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English forestage From forest + -age.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: авансце́на (avanscéna) — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain
- Catalan: prosceni — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain
- French: avant-scène — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain
- German: Vorbühne — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain
- Italian: ribalta — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain
- Latin: proscēnium — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain
- Manx: ardan toshee — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain
- Portuguese: ribalta — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain
- Russian: авансце́на (avanscéna) — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain
- Turkish: perde arkası — the part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain