onstage

adverb or adjective

on·​stage ˈȯn-ˈstāj How to pronounce onstage (audio)
ˈän-,
-ˌstāj
: on or onto a stage : on a part of the stage visible to the audience

Examples of onstage in a Sentence

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Tyla performs onstage during the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 With their headlining set on Saturday, pop-punkers All Time Low fully brought Warped Tour back to high school, complete with a marching band and cheerleading squad to join them onstage. Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025 The stage crasher then began to perform the floss dance move before security rushed onstage to escort him off. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 June 2025 And while there is no arguing with that fact, performances of plays have been recorded onstage before, and are being so now. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for onstage

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First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of onstage was in 1925

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“Onstage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onstage. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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onstage

adverb or adjective
on·​stage ˈȯn-ˈstāj How to pronounce onstage (audio)
ˈän-
: on or onto a stage : on a part of the stage visible to the audience

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