Understudy (Verb)
Meaning
Be an understudy or alternate for a role.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- Emily will understudy the lead actress in the upcoming Broadway musical in case the star falls ill.
- Before becoming a famous actress, she began her career understudying several roles in regional theater productions.
- The young actor has been chosen to understudy the role of the villain in the new film.
- She started understudying for the part of the ingénue when she was still in drama school.
- The seasoned actor will understudy the title character in the off-Broadway play as a favor to the director.