Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overstage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-stage
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Above the stage.

verb

To overestimate the severity of a patient's illness.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stage English overstage From over- + stage.

Inflected Forms

overstages (present, singular) overstaging (participle, present) overstaged (participle, past) overstaged (past)

Antonyms

understage

Questions

What does overstage mean?: Above the stage.
Where does overstage come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stage English overstage From over- + stage.

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