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stage

[steyj] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, staged, stag·ing.

–noun

1.	a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.

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

Theater.

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

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

4.	the stage, the theater, esp. acting, as a profession: He plans to make the stage his career.

5.	Movies. sound stage.

6.	the scene of any action.

7.	a stagecoach.

8.	a place of rest on a journey; a regular stopping place of a stagecoach or the like, for the change of horses, mules, etc.

9.	the distance between two places of rest on a journey; each of the portions of a journey.

10.	a portion or period of a course of action, of life, etc.: the adolescent stage of human development.

11.

Entomology.

a.	any one of the major time periods in the development of an insect, as the embryonic, larval, pupal, and imaginal stages.

b.	Also called stadium. any one of the periods of larval growth between molts.

12.	Economics, Sociology. a major phase of the economic or sociological life of human beings or society: the patriarchal stage.

13.	Geology. a division of stratified rocks corresponding to a single geologic age.

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

15.	Radio. an element in a complex mechanism, as a tube and its accessory structures in a multiple amplifier.

16.	Rocketry. a section of a rocket containing a rocket engine or cluster of rocket engines, usually separable from other such sections when its propellant is exhausted.

–verb (used with object)

17.	to represent, produce, or exhibit on or as if on a stage: The drama class staged a play during Christmas vacation.

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

19.	to write, direct, or produce (a play) with the action taking place as if in a specified locale or time: He staged the fantasy on Mars in the year 2500.

20.	to plan, organize, or carry out (an activity), esp. for dramatic or public effect: Workers staged a one-day strike.

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

–verb (used without object)

22.	to be suitable for presentation or performance on the stage: The script didn't stage well.

23.	to travel by stagecoach.

—Idioms

24.	by easy stages, working, traveling, etc., slowly, with frequent pauses; unhurriedly, with many stops; gradually.

25.	go on the stage, to become an actor, esp. in the theater: She knew from the age of 12 that she would go on the stage.

26.

hold the stage,

a.	to continue to be produced, as a play or other theatrical production.

b.	to be the center of attention.

27.	on stage, performing, esp. as an actor.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME (n.) < OF estage (F étage) < VL *staticum standing place, equiv. to stat(us) status + -icum, neut. of -icus -ic

]

—Related forms

stage·a·ble, adjective

stage·a·bil·i·ty, stage·a·ble·ness, noun

stage·a·bly, adverb

—Synonyms 6. spot, setting, locale.

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

stage (stāj) Pronunciation Key
n.

A raised and level floor or platform.
1. A raised platform on which theatrical performances are presented.
2. An area in which actors perform.
3. The acting profession, or the world of theater. Used with the: The stage is her life.
4. A level, degree, or period of time in the course of a process: the toddler stage of child development; the early stages of a disease.
5. A point in the course of an action or series of events: too early to predict a winner at this stage.
The scene of an event or of a series of events.
A platform on a microscope that supports a slide for viewing.
A scaffold for workers.
A resting place on a journey, especially one providing overnight accommodations.
The distance between stopping places on a journey; a leg: proceeded in easy stages.
A stagecoach.
A level or story of a building.
The height of the surface of a river or other fluctuating body of water above a set point: at flood stage.
1. A level, degree, or period of time in the course of a process: the toddler stage of child development; the early stages of a disease.
2. A point in the course of an action or series of events: too early to predict a winner at this stage.
One of two or more successive propulsion units of a rocket vehicle that fires after the preceding one has been jettisoned.
Geology A subdivision in the classification of stratified rocks, ranking just below a series and representing rock formed during a chronological age.
Electronics An element or a group of elements in a complex arrangement of parts, especially a single tube or transistor and its accessory components in an amplifier.

v. staged, stag·ing, stag·es

v. tr.

To exhibit or present on or as if on a stage: stage a boxing match.
To produce or direct (a theatrical performance).
To arrange and carry out: stage an invasion.
Medicine To determine the extent or progression of (a cancer, for example).

v. intr.

To be adaptable to or suitable for theatrical presentation.
To stop at a designated place in the course of a journey: "tourists from London who had staged through Warsaw" (Frederick Forsyth).

[Middle English, from Old French estage, from Vulgar Latin *staticum, from Latin status, past participle of stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

stage'ful' n.

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stage (n.)

c.1300, "story of a building, raised floor for exhibitions," from O.Fr. estage "a story or floor of a building, stage for performance," from V.L. *staticum "a place for standing," from L. statum, pp. of stare "to stand" (see stet). Meaning "platform for presentation of a play" is attested from 1548; generalized for "profession of an actor" from 1589. Sense of "period of development or time in life" first recorded 1608, probably from M.E. sense of "degree or step on the 'ladder' of virtu

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stage
noun
1.	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" [syn: phase]
2.	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?" [syn: degree]
3.	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.	the theater as a profession (usually 'the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
5.	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" [syn: stagecoach]
6.	a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
7.	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.	a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
verb
1.	perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage 'Othello'"
2.	plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

stage

In addition to the idioms beginning with stage, also see at this stage; set the scene (stage) for.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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stage (stāj)
n.

A period in the course of a disease.
The platform on a microscope that supports a slide for viewing.
A particular step, phase, or position in a developmental process.

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New River Stage, AZ Zip code(s): 85027

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Stage

Stage\, n. [OF. estage, F. ['e]tage, (assumed) LL. staticum, from L. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Static.]

1. A floor or story of a house. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

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

3. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.

4. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.

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

Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage. --Pope.

Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. --C. Sprague.

6. A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs.

When we are born, we cry that we are come To this stage of fools. --Shak.

Music and ethereal mirth Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring. --Miton.

7. The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.

8. A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.

9. 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.

A stage . . . signifies a certain distance on a road. --Jeffrey.

He traveled by gig, with his wife, his favorite horse performing the journey by easy stages. --Smiles.

10. A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.

Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society. --Macaulay.

11. A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. "A parcel sent you by the stage." --Cowper.

I went in the sixpenny stage. --Swift.

12. (Biol.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; z[oe]a stage.

Stage box, a box close to the stage in a theater.

Stage carriage, a stagecoach.

Stage door, the actor's and workmen's entrance to a theater.

Stage lights, the lights by which the stage in a theater is illuminated.

Stage micrometer, a graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object.

Stage wagon, a wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods.

Stage whisper, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside.

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Stage

Stage\, v. t. To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly. --Shak.

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