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stage

/ stage /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a section or portion of a journey or course
"then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
Type of:
travel traveling travelling
Kinds of:
fare-stage
Has parts:
journey journeying
verb Sense 2
plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
Type of:
initiate pioneer
Kinds of:
dogfight tee up phase
Derived:
stage manager stager
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 3
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"
Type of:
scene
Derived:
bring about arrange
noun Sense 4
the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'')
"an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
Type of:
dramaturgy dramatic art dramatics
Derived:
present represent
noun Sense 5
a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
Type of:
platform
noun Sense 6
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"
Type of:
platform
Kinds of:
mise en scene stage setting setting proscenium apron
Has parts:
theater theatre house
Derived:
present represent
verb Sense 7
perform (a play), especially on a stage
"we are going to stage `Othello''"
Type of:
re-create
Kinds of:
set localize localise place
Derived:
theatrical performance theatrical representation histrionics presentation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
performing arts
noun Sense 8
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"
Type of:
coach four-in-hand coach-and-four
noun Sense 9
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"
Type of:
time period period of time period
Kinds of:
diakinesis diplotene leptotene pachytene phase of cell division
Derived:
phase
noun Sense 10
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?"
Type of:
state
Kinds of:
ladder acme height elevation peak
Semantic Complexity
99%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
61
Times Searched
3
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travel traveling travelling fare-stage initiate pioneer dogfight tee up phase scene dramaturgy dramatic art