stage

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A floor or story of a house.

2. 2noun

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

3. 3noun

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

4. 4noun

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

5. 5noun

   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. 6noun

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

7. 7noun

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

8. 8noun

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

9. 9noun

   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. 10noun

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

11. 11noun

    A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus.

12. 12noun

    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. 13transitive verb

    To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.

14. 14noun

    a section or portion of a journey or course

    "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

    Synonyms

    leg
15. 15noun

    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"

16. 16noun

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

17. 17noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    stagecoach
18. 18noun

    the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')

    "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"

19. 19noun

    any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something--Shakespeare

    "All the world's a stage"

    "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"

20. 20noun

    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?"

    Synonyms

    degreelevelpoint
21. 21noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    phase
22. 22verb

    plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

    "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

    Synonyms

    arrange
23. 23verb

    perform (a play), especially on a stage

    "we are going to stage `Othello'"

    Synonyms

    presentrepresent