Definition of Center stage

1. Noun. A position of prominence or importance.

Exact synonyms: Centre Stage
Generic synonyms: High Status

2. Noun. The central area on a theater stage.
Exact synonyms: Centre Stage
Generic synonyms: Center, Centre, Eye, Heart, Middle

Definition of Center stage

1. Noun. The area in the center of the stage, especially one towards the front ¹

2. Noun. (context: by extension) An important or prominent position ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Center Stage

center marks
center of attention
center of buoyancy
center of curvature
center of flotation
center of gravity
center of immersion
center of inertia
center of lift
center on
center punch
center punches
center spot
center spread
center stage (current term)
centeral
centerally
centerboard
centerboards
centered
centeredness
centerednesses
centerfield
centerfielder
centerfielders
centerfire
centerfires
centerfolds

Literary usage of Center stage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Teaching the Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12 by Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar (2005)
"... 203 Pete Leki Home Improvement: Remodeling Mathematically 207 Jim Tebo Using Primary Sources: Bringing Literature and Students to center stage 211 John ..."

2. The Play Movement in the United States: A Study of Community Recreation by Clarence Elmer Rainwater (1922)
"... D. The "recreation center" stage, 1905-12. The "recreation centers" in the public parks and the "social centers" in the schools were the first attempts ..."

3. Mrs. Raford, Humanist: A Suffrage Drama by Leando Brown (1912)
"... with head bowed, enters, comes to center stage, and sinks into chair by table.) (DR. ... center stage ..."

4. The Nature of Landscape: A Personal Quest by Han Lorzing (2001)
"... background to center stage That day in the 1960s, us artist Dennis Oppenheim had a dream. It changed his point of view towards the role of landscape in ..."

5. The Power of Point-of-Purchase Advertising: Marketing at Retailby Robert Liljenwall by Robert Liljenwall (2004)
"center stage was originally designed to work with the primary form of four,foot,wide shelving used by the industry as manufactured by Lozier and Madix. ..."

6. Technology In The Classroom: Panacea Or Pandora's Box? Hearing Before The edited by Constance A. Morella (1999)
"Eager to be active and to appear center stage, students were highly motivated to push their new found advantage. Cracks in the Paradigm While many teachers ..."

7. It's All in the Game: Butterflies, Mind Control--The Razor's Edge by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"... June 14, 1994: [QUOTING:] SOLZHENITSYN AT center stage IN RUSSIA [H: This is far more important to you, readers, than you can imagine. ..."

8. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin by Missouri botanical garden (1913)
"Suspended above the center stage is a large plant of Dendrobium Hookerianum with two long, sweeping spikes ..."

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