Word: upstaging
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: up
sta
ging
Definition: Present participle of upstage; steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
Morphemes:
Affix: up-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to indicate higher position or direction, literally or figuratively.
Affix: stage
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ester
Language: fr
Decoded: ester
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to appear
Affix: -age
Language: fr
Decoded: -age
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.