stage (steɪdʒ
)
Definitions
noun
- a distinct step or period of development, growth, or progress ⇒
a child at the toddling stage
- a raised area or platform
- the platform in a theatre where actors perform
- See the stage
- any scene regarded as a setting for an event or action
- a portion of a journey or a stopping place after such a portion
- short for stagecoach
- British a division of a bus route for which there is a fixed fare
- one of the separate propulsion units of a rocket that can be jettisoned when it has burnt out See also multistage (sense 1)
- any of the various distinct periods of growth or development in the life of an organism, esp an insect ⇒
a larval stage
pupal stage
- the organism itself at such a period of growth
- a small stratigraphical unit; a subdivision of a rock series or system
- the platform on a microscope on which the specimen is mounted for examination
- electronics a part of a complex circuit, esp one of a number of transistors with the associated elements required to amplify a signal in an amplifier
- a university subject studied for one academic year ⇒
Stage II French
- See by easy stages
verb
- (tr) to perform (a play), esp on a stage ⇒
we are going to stage ``Hamlet''
- (tr) to set the action of (a play) in a particular time or place
- (tr) to plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- (intr) obsolete to travel by stagecoach
Word Origin
C13: from Old French estage position, from Vulgar Latin staticum (unattested), from Latin stāre to stand
Synonyms
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step,
leg,
phase,
point,
level,
period,
division,
length,
lap,
juncture,
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scene,
area,
field,
theatre,
sector,
territory,
province,
arena,
scope,
sphere,
realm,
domain,
