Word: upstaging
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: up
sta
ging
Definition: An increase in the stage of a case of a disease (usually a cancer), from a less-threatening to a more-threatening stage.
Morphemes:
Affix: up-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to indicate increase.
Affix: stage
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ester
Language: fr
Decoded: ester
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to be
Affix: -age
Language: fr
Decoded: -age
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Having a specified quality, characteristic, or nature; of the kind of