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# backstage

«backstage» in Mova's school dictionary: **in the area behind the stage of a theatre, where…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (go backstage); adjective (a backstage pass); noun (the backstage — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Backstage means in the area behind the stage of a theatre, where performers get ready and wait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/#m1)

2) Backstage can mean in private, hidden from the public, where the real planning happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school plays and concerts pupils wait backstage, change costumes and get ready; helpers backstage move scenery and work lights. In everyday life a «backstage pass» lets fans meet performers. In stories «backstage» can mean behind the scenes, in secret.

### examples

- We waited nervously backstage before the school play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/#x1)
- The costumes are kept backstage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/#x2)
- She got a backstage pass at the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/#x3)
- Lots of helpers work backstage to make the show run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/#x4)
- Please be quiet backstage during the performance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/#x5)
- Backstage, the actors were laughing and joking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/#x6)

### note

One word: backstage. Opposite: onstage, out front. «Behind the scenes» means almost the same, also used for any hidden work.

### In the corpora

- [The stage crew work backstage, often dressed in black so the audience does not notice them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «backstage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.