stage

Nouns

• (n) 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,
• (n) 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?
  degree, level, point,
• (n) 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
• (n) the theater as a profession (usually "the stage")
  • an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage
• (n) 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,
• (n) a section or portion of a journey or course
  • then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise
  leg,
• (n) 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
• (n) a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination microscope stage,

Verbs

• (v) perform (a play), especially on a stage
  • we are going to stage "Othello"
  present, represent,
• (v) plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
  • the neighboring tribe staged an invasion
  arrange,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity