stage
/stˈeɪdʒ/
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Definitions
Noun
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"
Noun
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
Noun
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"
Noun
the theater as a profession (usually `the stage''); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
Noun
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"
Noun
a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
Noun
any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world''s a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"
Noun
a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
Verb
perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello''"
Verb
plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"
Synonyms
More General Terms
coach
coach-and-four
dramatic art
dramatics
dramaturgy
four-in-hand
initiate
period
period of time
pioneer
platform
re-create
scene
state
theater
theatre
time period
travel
traveling
travelling
More Specific Terms
acme
anal phase
anal stage
apogee
apron
backstage
chapter
climax
culmination
diakinesis
diplotene
dogfight
downstage
elevation
end point
extent
fare-stage
fertile period
fertile phase
forestage
generation
genital phase
genital stage
height
incubation
ladder
latency period
latency phase
latency stage
leptotene
localise
localize
luteal phase
menstrual phase
meridian
mise en scene
musth
offstage
oral phase
oral stage
pachytene
peak
phallic phase
phallic stage
phase
phase of cell division
pinnacle
place
plane
proscenium
quickening
resultant
safe period
secretory phase
seedtime
set
setting
stage setting
standard of life
standard of living
state of the art
summit
superlative
tee up
theater stage
theatre stage
tiptop
top
ultimacy
ultimateness
wing
zygotene