different between backstage vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

back +? stage

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæk?ste?d?/

  Rhymes: -e?d?

Adjective

backstage (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
2. Secret, concealed from the public.

Derived terms

• backstage pass
• backstager

Translations

Adverb

backstage (comparative more backstage, superlative most backstage)

1. Towards the area behind the stage.
2. Out of view of the public.

Translations

Noun

backstage (plural backstages)

1. The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
2. The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.

Translations

Anagrams

• back gates, backgates

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English backstage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?k?stejd??/

Noun

backstage m (invariable)

1. backstage

   Synonym: retroscena

Spanish

Etymology

From English backstage.

Adverb

backstage

1. backstage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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