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stage-manageˌstage-ˈmanage verb [transitive] VERB TABLEstage-manage |
Present | I, you, we, they | stage-manage | | he, she, it | stage-manages | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stage-managed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stage-managed | | he, she, it | has stage-managed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stage-managed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stage-manage | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stage-managed |
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Present | I | am stage-managing | | he, she, it | is stage-managing | | you, we, they | are stage-managing | Past | I, he, she, it | was stage-managing | | you, we, they | were stage-managing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stage-managing | | he, she, it | has been stage-managing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stage-managing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stage-managing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stage-managing |
- Most of the 'spontaneous demonstrations' supporting the President are stage-managed.
- The First Lady has been known to stage-manage press conferences.
- Mixing with the bemused and baffled guests are actors who stage-manage the whole affair.
- Paris must now stage-manage an intergovernmental conference leading to a new treaty.
to carefully or secretly arrange something► orchestrate written to carefully and often secretly arrange for something to happen, especially so that people do not realize that it was a planned event: · Treasury officials are trying to orchestrate a sharp decline in the dollar.· The so-called 'revolution' was in fact orchestrated by the CIA. ► stage-manage to carefully and secretly arrange for something, especially a political event, to happen in exactly the way that you want, but without giving the appearance that it was planned - use this to show disapproval: · Most of the 'spontaneous demonstrations' supporting the President are stage-managed. ► engineer to arrange for something to happen without anyone knowing that you have planned it: · The socialist party secretly engineered the defeat of the government.· Before they could engineer an escape, they had to be sure that none of the guards were suspicious. ► contrive to arrange an event or situation in a clever way, especially secretly and by tricking or deceiving people: · He contrived a meeting between his mother and her ex- husband.· In the play Amos contrives a scheme to make Paul pay back the money he owes him. to organize a public event, such as a meeting, in a way that will give you the result that you want – often used to show disapproval: The press conference was cleverly stage-managed. |