Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Above the stage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: machinery etc
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: understage
verb
To overestimate the severity of a patient's illness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: understage
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stage English overstage From over- + stage.
