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Definition of 'Stage'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stage
a phase, degree, or step in a process, development, or series.

2.  stage
a raised platform or floor, as for speakers or performers.

3.  stage
the platform on which the actors perform in a theater.

4.  stage
this platform with all the parts of the theater and all the apparatus back of the proscenium.

5.  stage
the stage, the theater, esp. acting, as a profession.

6.  stage
the scene of any action.

7.  stage
a stagecoach.

8.  stage
a place of rest on a journey, esp. a regular stopping place of a stagecoach.

9.  stage
the distance between two places of rest on a journey.

10.  stage
a portion or period of a course of action or of life:
the pupal stage of an insect.

11.  stage
a division of stratified rocks corresponding to a single geologic age.

12.  stage
the small platform of a microscope on which the object to be examined is placed.

13.  stage
an element or functional unit of an electronic system, as a circuit containing a section of one of the tubes or transistors of an amplifier.

14.  stage
a section of a rocket containing one or more engines, usu. designed to separate after burnout.

15. (v.t.) stage
to represent, produce, or exhibit on or as if on a stage:
to stage a play.

16.  stage
to furnish with a stage, staging, stage set, etc.

17.  stage
to set (a play) in a specified locale or time.

18.  stage
to plan, organize, or carry out, esp. for public or dramatic effect:
Workers staged a one-day strike.

19.  stage
to classify the natural progression of (a disease, esp. cancer).

Etymology: (1815–25)

Definition of 'Stage'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) phase, stage
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"

2. (noun) degree, level, stage, point
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?"

3. (noun) stage
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"

4. (noun) stage
the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
"an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"

5. (noun) stagecoach, 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"

6. (noun) stage, leg
a section or portion of a journey or course
"then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

7. (noun) stage
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"

8. (verb) stage, microscope stage
a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination

9. (verb) stage, present, represent
perform (a play), especially on a stage
"we are going to stage `Othello'"

10. (verb) stage, arrange
plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
"the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

Definition of 'Stage'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stage
one of the parts that a process is divided into
in the early stages of the disease; the first/second/third stage of the bicycle race; The new hotel will open in stages.

2. stage
the raised area where actors, musicians, etc. perform
The band was not on stage yet.; A second comedian took the stage.

3. (verb) stage
to organize a public event
Opposition leaders staged a protest march.

Definition of 'Stage'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Stage
a floor or story of a house

2. (noun) Stage
an elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like

3. (noun) Stage
a floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging

4. (noun) Stage
a platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf

5. (noun) Stage
the floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited

6. (noun) Stage
a place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs

7. (noun) Stage
the platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope

8. (noun) Stage
a place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses

9. (noun) Stage
a degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles

10. (noun) Stage
a degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result

11. (noun) Stage
a large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus

12. (noun) Stage
one of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage

13. (verb) Stage
to exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly

Definition of 'Stage'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. Stage
1. An element of the missile or propulsion system that generally separates from the missile at burnout or cut-off. Stages are numbered chronologically in order of burning. 2. To process, in a specified area, troops which are in transit from one locality to another. See also marshalling; staging area.

Translation of 'Stage'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a raised platform especially for performing or acting on, eg in a theatre.
Afrikaans: verhoog	Arabic: مِنَصَّه، خَشَبَة المَسْر	Bulgarian: сцена
Brazilian: estrado	Czech: jeviště	German: die Bühne
Danish: scene	Greek: σκηνή, παλκοσένικο	Estonian: lava
Farsi: صحنه	Finnish: lava	French: scène
Hebrew: בָּמָה	Hindi: मंच, रंगमंच	Croatian: pozornica, bina
Hungarian: színpad	Indonesian: pentas	Icelandic: svið
Italian: palco, palcoscenico	Japanese: 舞台	Korean: 무대
Lithuanian: scena	Latvian: skatuve	Malay: pentas
Dutch: toneel	Norwegian: scene; podium, plattform	Polish: scena
Portuguese: estrado	Romanian: scenă	Russian: сцена
Slovak: javisko	Slovenian: oder	Serbian: pozornica
Thai: เวที	Turkish: sahne	Taiwanese: 舞臺
Ukrainian: сцена, театральні підмост	Urdu: ناٹک کا چبوترا	Vietnamese: sân khấu
Chinese: 舞台
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