Word Frequency
stage (steɪdʒ
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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
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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
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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 standTranslations for 'stage'
- British English: stage A stage of an activity, process, or period is one part of it....the final stage of a world tour.steɪdʒ NOUN
- Arabic: مَرْحَلَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: palco
- Chinese: 阶段
- Croatian: dio
- Czech: fázeprocesu
- Danish: scene
- Dutch: fase
- European Spanish: etapateatro
- Finnish: vaihe
- French: stadephase
- German: Phase
- Greek: σκηνή
- Italian: palcoscenico
- Japanese: 段階
- Korean: 무대
- Norwegian: scene
- Polish: etap
- Portuguese: palco
- Romanian: etapă etape
- Russian: стадия
- Spanish: escenario
- Swedish: scen
- Thai: เวทีการแสดง
- Turkish: sahnetiyatro mekan
- Ukrainian: етап
- Vietnamese: giai đoạn
Example Sentences Including 'stage'
At that stage Kingurra had the waves slightly on its aft quarter.FATAL STORM (2001)
At that stage of the season, McBride had already amassed 35 goals.Glasgow Herald (2001)
He climbed into the bathtub, clutching at the last step of the landing stage.LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
It is not that playing on a big stage is anything new to the 46-year-old.Irish Times (2002)
JIMMY Logan, one of the best-loved entertainers of the Scottish stage , lost his battle against cancer yesterday.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Other events on the international stage include the end of the Korean War and the establishment of Pakistan.Country Life (2004)
SERGIUS: Off the stage , everything was fine, near perfect recall.CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
That night in Heidelberg had simply been the next stage in that project.THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
The home team stayed with the favourites during a keenly-contested opening quarter at which stage the teams were level at 0-3 apiece.Irish Times (2002)
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