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# backstage

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

«backstage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Backstage means in the area behind the stage of a theatre, where performers get ready and wait. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «backstage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/backstage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«backstage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/backstage.html) on Mova free.