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center stage

cen·ter stage
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sen-ter steyj]
    • /ˈsɛn tər steɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sen-ter steyj]
    • /ˈsɛn tər steɪdʒ/

Definitions of center stage words

  • uncountable noun center stage If something or someone takes center stage, they become very important or noticeable. 3
  • adverb center stage in the spotlight, in a leading role 1
  • noun center stage The area in the center of the stage, especially one towards the front. 0
  • noun center stage (by extension) An important or prominent position. 0
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Parts of speech for Center stage

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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center stage popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for center stage

noun center stage

  • attention — If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully.
  • celebrity — A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
  • fame — widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence: to seek fame as an opera singer.
  • limelight — Theater. (formerly) a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. the light so produced. Chiefly British. a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
  • notoriety — the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known: a craze for notoriety.
All 7 Synonyms of center stage

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