language note: The spellings centre-stage in British English, and center stage in American English are also used.
uncountable noun [oft theNOUN]
If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
The referee took centre stage as 11 players were booked and one sent off in a bizarregame.
Nuclear proliferation has returned to centre stage in international affairs.
centre stage in British English
noun
1.
the centre point on a stage
2.
the main focus of attention
centre stage
the position in which someone or something gets the most attention
The summit is the first time he has occupied centre stage at an important internationalgathering since coming to power last year.
Examples of 'centre stage' in a sentence
centre stage
It's time for love to take centre stage.
The Sun (2016)
Making patients and clinicians aware of a potentially transformative treatment that is already available should take centre stage in efforts to improve cancer outcomes.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
If the team are to grasp greatness it is time for attack to now take centre stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Horses may reclaim centre stage one day soon, but plainly not just yet.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The foreign dramas in which the President takes centre stage are still running.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But it's their careers that take centre stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In the process, the Arctic has moved from the fringes to the centre stage of international relations.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
If so, they were wrong, for there followed an avalanche of agreements bringing international law to centre stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So who better to host a brand new awards ceremony, where animal antics take centre stage and the recipients of the gongs are more furry than flashy?
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
centre stage
British English: centre stage NOUN
If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
The referee took centre stage as 11 players were booked.