stage
noun
1. 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 word(s): phase
Definition categories: time, period
2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- at what stage are the social sciences?
Similar word(s): degree, level, point
Definition categories: state
3. 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
Definition categories: man–made, platform
4. the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
- an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage
Definition categories: communication, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre
5. 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 word(s): stagecoach
Definition categories: man–made, coach
6. a section or portion of a journey or course
- then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise
Similar word(s): leg
Definition categories: act, travel, traveling, travelling
7. any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
- All the world's a stage
- it set the stage for peaceful negotiations
Definition categories: location, scene
8. a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
Definition categories: man–made, platform
Sentences with stage as a noun:
- He is in the recovery stage of his illness.
- Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage.
- The band returned to the stage to play an encore.
- The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.
- a stage of ten miles
- a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter
- He placed the slide on the stage.
- How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage?
verb
1. perform (a play), especially on a stage
- we are going to stage `Othello'
Similar word(s): present, represent
Definition categories: creation
2. plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- the neighboring tribe staged an invasion
Similar word(s): arrange
Definition categories: creation, initiate, pioneer
Sentences with stage as a verb:
- The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
- The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
- We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
- to stage data to be written at a later time