downstage

(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)

adjective

1. of the front half of a stage

adverb

1. at or toward the front of the stage

- the actors moved further and further downstage

noun

1. the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)

Definition categories: man–made, stage

verb

1. (medicine) (transitive) To restage (a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage)