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stage
(st/eI//dZ/ )

noun (n)

  • any distinct time period in a sequence of events(noun.time)
    Example:
    We are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected.
    Synonym:
    phase
    source: wordnet30
  • a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process(noun.state)
    Example:
    At what stage are the social sciences?.
    Synonym:
    degree, level, point
    source: wordnet30
  • a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box.
    source: wordnet30
  • the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')(noun.communication)
    Example:
    An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage.
    source: wordnet30
  • a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    We went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles.
    Synonym:
    stagecoach
    source: wordnet30
  • a section or portion of a journey or course(noun.act)
    Example:
    Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise.
    Synonym:
    leg
    source: wordnet30
  • any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something(noun.location)
    Example:
    All the world's a stage.
    It set the stage for peaceful negotiations.
    source: wordnet30
  • a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    microscope stage
    source: wordnet30
  • A floor or story of a house.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • perform (a play), especially on a stage(verb.creation)
    Example:
    We are going to stage `Othello'.
    Synonym:
    present, represent
    source: wordnet30
  • plan, organize, and carry out (an event)(verb.creation)
    Example:
    The neighboring tribe staged an invasion.
    Synonym:
    arrange
    source: wordnet30
  • To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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