staged

stage

S0693900 (stāj)n.1. A raised and level floor or platform.2. a. A raised platform on which theatrical performances are presented.b. An area in which actors perform.c. The acting profession, or the world of theater. Used with the: The stage is her life.3. The scene of an event or of a series of events.4. A platform on a microscope that supports a slide for viewing.5. A scaffold for workers.6. A resting place on a journey, especially one providing overnight accommodations.7. The distance between stopping places on a journey; a leg: proceeded in easy stages.8. A stagecoach.9. A level or story of a building.10. The height of the surface of a river or other fluctuating body of water above a set point: at flood stage.11. a. A level, degree, or period of time in the course of a process: the toddler stage of child development; the early stages of a disease.b. A point in the course of an action or series of events: too early to predict a winner at this stage.12. One of two or more successive propulsion units of a rocket vehicle that fires after the preceding one has been jettisoned.13. Geology A subdivision in the classification of stratified rocks, ranking just below a series and representing rock formed during a chronological age.14. Electronics An element or a group of elements in a complex arrangement of parts, especially a single tube or transistor and its accessory components in an amplifier.v. staged, stag·ing, stag·es v.tr.1. a. To exhibit or present to an audience: stage a boxing match.b. To prepare (a house) for sale by altering its appearance.2. a. To produce or direct (a theatrical performance): That director has staged Hamlet in New York City.b. To arrange the subjects of (a movie, for example) in front of a camera to achieve a desired effect: The director stages romantic scenes well.3. To arrange and carry out: stage an invasion.4. Medicine To determine the extent or progression of (a cancer, for example).v.intr.1. To be adaptable to or suitable for theatrical presentation: a play that stages well.2. To stop at a designated place in the course of a journey: "tourists from London who had staged through Warsaw" (Frederick Forsyth).

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[Middle English, from Old French estage, from Vulgar Latin *staticum, from Latin status, past participle of stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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stage′ful′ n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	staged - written for or performed on the stage; "a staged version of the novel"unstaged - not performed on the stage
	2.	staged - deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs"arrangedartificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"