Stage
verbNoun
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
“at what stage are the social sciences?”
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
“we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected”
Similar:PhaseType of:Perioda section or portion of a journey or course
“then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise”
Similar:LegType of:TravellingTravelTravelinga large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
“we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles”
Similar:StagecoachType of:Four-in-handCoach-and-fourCoachany scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
“All the world's a stage”
“it set the stage for peaceful negotiations”
Type of:Scenea large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
“he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box”
Type of:Platformthe theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
“an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage”
Type of:DramaturgyDramaticsTheatera small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
Type of:Platform
Verb
plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
“the neighboring tribe staged an invasion”
Similar:ArrangeType of:PioneerInitiateperform (a play), especially on a stage
“we are going to stage `Othello'”
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