| noun | 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” |
| noun | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process “a remarkable degree of frankness” |
| noun | 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” |
| noun | the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') “an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage” |
| noun | 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” |
| noun | a section or portion of a journey or course “then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise” |
| noun | any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; --Shakespeare “All the world's a stage” |
| noun | a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination |
| verb | perform (a play), especially on a stage “we are going to stage `Othello'” |
| verb | plan, organize, and carry out (an event) “the neighboring tribe staged an invasion” |
| phase | verb | arrange in phases or stages |
| stage | verb | perform (a play), especially on a stage |
| stagy | adjective | having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality |
| stagey | adjective | having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality |
| stage | noun | the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') |
| stager | noun | someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed |
| staging | noun | the production of a drama on the stage |
| presentment | noun | a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view |
| representation | noun | a performance of a play |