stage

Speech parts

1. stage - Noun

2. stage - Verb

3. Stage - Proper noun

Meaning

A floor or story of a house.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

phase level present arrange mount period produce perform step platform leg organize podium rostrum put on
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Antonyms

conservancy assembly all being close consonance
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Hypernyms

period state coach scene travel platform

Hyponyms

acme meridian apogee place set level

Phrases with the word

All the world's a stage on the stage multi-stage stage crew first stage early stage

Anagrams

Gates

Examples

the neighboring tribe staged an invasion Source: Internet

then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise Source: Internet

we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected Source: Internet

we are going to stage `Othello' Source: Internet

A 10-day cooling off period will begin once they give formal notice, setting the stage for an early March strike that would close school for some 37,000 students. Source: Internet

€3,540 were spent for the setup, €3,500 for the stage, €2,155 to stream and broadcast the event, €1,512 on lights, €897.5 on sound and €241.86 on transport. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

stag's-horn coral stag-evil stag-horned stage a rebellion stage an industrial action stage apparatus