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Noun: stage steyj- 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"
- phase - A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
"at what stage are the social sciences?"
- degree, level, point - 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" - The theatre as a profession (usually 'the stage')
"an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage" - 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"
- stagecoach - A section or portion of a journey or course
"then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
- leg - Any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
"All the world's a stage"; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations" - A small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- microscope stage
Verb: stage steyj- Perform (a play), especially on a stage
"we are going to stage 'Othello'"
- present, represent - Plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
"the neighbouring tribe staged an invasion"
- arrange
Derived forms: staging, staged, stages See also: stager, staging, stagy Type of: coach, coach-and-four, dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, four-in-hand, initiate, period, period of time, pioneer, platform, re-create, scene, state, theater [US], theatre, time period, travel, traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn] Part of: house, journey, journeying, theater [US], theatre Encyclopedia: Stage |