Stage

verb
steɪdʒ

Noun

  • a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

    at what stage are the social sciences?

    Type of:State
  • 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:Phase
    Type of:Period
  • a section or portion of a journey or course

    then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise

    Similar:Leg
    Type of:TravellingTravelTraveling
  • a 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:Stagecoach
    Type of:Four-in-handCoach-and-fourCoach
  • any 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:Scene
  • a 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:Platform
  • the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')

    an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage

    Type of:DramaturgyDramaticsTheater
  • a 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:Arrange
    Type of:PioneerInitiate
  • perform (a play), especially on a stage

    we are going to stage `Othello'

    Type of:Re-create

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