upstaging

English

Verb

upstaging

1. present participle and gerund of upstage

Noun

upstaging (plural upstagings)

1. A situation where somebody or something is upstaged; thus:
   1. (theater, also figurative) A stealing of the spotlight, as (or as if) one performer eclipses another in the audience's attention.
   2. (medicine, surgery, oncology) An increase in the stage of a case of a disease (usually a cancer), from a less-threatening to a more-threatening stage.

      Hypernym: restaging

      Antonym: downstaging