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stage direction
noun
: a written instruction in a play telling an actor what to do
Full Definition of STAGE DIRECTION
: a description (as of a character or setting) or direction (as to indicate stage business) provided in the text of a play
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First Known Use of STAGE DIRECTION
1790
Rhymes with STAGE DIRECTION
by-election, circumspection, conic section, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, fuel injection, genuflection, golden section, imperfection, indirection, insurrection, intellection, interjection, intersection, introjection, introspection, kin selection, misdirection, predilection, preselection, recollection, redirection, reelection, reinfection, resurrection, retroflexion, retrospection, self-reflection, vivisection, yeast infection
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