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stage definition

stage (stāj)

noun

  1. a platform or dock
  2. a scaffold for workmen
  3. a level, floor, or story
    1. a platform on which plays, speeches, etc. are presented
    2. any area, as in an arena theater, in which actors perform
    3. the whole working section of a theater, including the acting area, the backstage area, etc.
    4. the theater, drama, or acting as a profession: with the
    1. the scene of an event or series of events
    2. the center of attention
  4. a place where a stop is made on a journey, esp., formerly, a regular stopping point for a stagecoach
  5. the distance or a part of a route between two stopping places; leg of a journey
  6. stagecoach
  7. a shelf attached to a microscope for holding the object to be viewed
  8. a period, level, or degree in a process of development, growth, or change the larval stage of an insect
  9. any of two or more propulsion units used, in sequence, as the launch vehicle of a missile, spacecraft, etc.: when no longer operational or useful, the lower stages usually separate and fall back to earth
  10. Electronics a component, circuit, etc. that does one specific job, as amplification, while being a part of a larger, more complex system
  11. Geol. a subdivision of a series of stratified rocks consisting of the rocks laid down during a geologic age

Etymology: ME < OFr estage < VL *staticum < L status, pp. of stare, to stand

transitive verb staged, staging stag′·ing

  1. to present, represent, or exhibit on or as on a stage
  2. ☆ to plan, arrange, and carry out to stage a counteroffensive

intransitive verb

to be suitable for presentation on the stage a play that stages well
stage Idioms

by easy stages

  1. traveling only a short distance at a time
  2. working or acting unhurriedly, with stops for rest

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