Meaning of 'stage'

noun

a section or portion of a journey or course

Example: "Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise."

Synonyms: leg

noun

a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience

Example: "I clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help me into the box."

noun

a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination

Example: "I placed the slide onto the stage of the microscope."

Synonyms: microscope stage

noun

a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns

Example: "We went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles."

Synonyms: stagecoach

noun

the theater as a profession, usually 'the stage'

Example: "An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage."

noun

any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something

Example: "The city street is the stage for many arguments."

noun

a specific identifiable position in a continuum, series, or especially in a process

Example: "The fourth stage in the manufacture of lamps requires argon."

Synonyms: level

noun

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

Example: "We are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected."

Synonyms: phase

verb

to plan, organize, and carry out an event

Example: "The neighboring tribe staged an invasion."

Synonyms: arrange

verb

to perform a play, especially on a stage

Example: "We are going to stage Othello."

Synonyms: present

verb

to intern at a restaurant, usually as a chef, to learn new techniques

Example: "I staged at the French Laundry."