staging

Staging is a temporary structure, or how a play is presented, or presenting a home for sale, or a try-out period for a chef or waitperson in a restaurant.

(noun)

  1. An example of staging is a wooden platform set up for a performance in the center of a shopping mall.
  2. An example of staging is a director working out where the actors in a play will move and sit as they say their lines.
  3. An example of staging is bringing furniture and decorations into a home that is for sale to make it more attractive to a prospective buyer.
  4. An example of staging is when a prospective new chef works for several days without pay to demonstrate his skills.

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See staging in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a temporary structure used for support; scaffolding
  2. the business of operating stagecoaches
  3. travel by stagecoach
  4. the act, process, or manner of presenting a play on the stage

See staging in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A temporary platform or system of platforms used for support; scaffolding.
  2. The process or manner of putting on a play on the stage.
  3. The act of jettisoning a stage of a multistage rocket.
  4. a. The operation of stagecoaches as an enterprise.
    b. Travel by stagecoach.

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