centre stage

noun

Standard spelling of center stage.

Meanings

nouncentre stage (uncountable)
  1. CanadaUKuncountableStandard spelling of center stage.

    Sometimes they would even take centre stage - as in 1978's Overture One-Two-Five, which portrayed the train (and a journey on it) as a symphony, set to music specially composed by David Gow.

    2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 51

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna position of prominence or importance

Broader
high status

nounthe central area on a theater stage

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

centre stage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre%20stage

MLA

“centre stage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre%20stage. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centre stage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre%20stage.

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