Noun: stage steyj
- A specific identifiable position in a continuum, series or especially in a process
"at what stage are the social sciences?";
- degree, level, point, phasis, phase
- 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 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 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
"He carefully placed the slide on the microscope stage";
- microscope 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
- (electronics) a circuit component or group of components treated as one item
"The radio receiver has separate stages for RF amplification, mixing, and IF processing"
- (performing arts) 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, stages, staged
Type of: coach, coach-and-four, dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, four-in-hand, initiate, period, period of time, pioneer, platform, recreate, re-create, scene, state, theater [US], theatre, time period, time span, travel, traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: house, journey, journeying, theater [US], theatre
Encyclopedia: Stage, William