stage

Meaning

Noun

1. A phase.
2. One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
3. A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
4. A floor or storey of a house.
5. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
6. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
7. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
8. A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; 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.
10. The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
11. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
12. A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
13. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
14. The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
15. An internship.
16. The notional space within which stereo sounds are positioned, determining where they will appear to come from when played back.
17. The profession of an actor.

Verb

1. To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
2. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
3. To orchestrate; to carry out.
4. To place in position to prepare for use.
5. To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
6. To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.

Verb

To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.

Concepts

stage

phase

platform

period

step

level

degree

scene

grade

point

leg

theatre

present

arena

scaffold

epoch

rostrum

theater

season

era

hold

organize

stand

stop

produce

station

play

boards

staging

arrange

represent

microscope stage

dais

show

put on

raised platform

term

cause

cause to take place

provoke

gradation

order

pulpit

chapter

stagecoach

stadium

frame

act

age

time

halt

tray

give rise to

inflict

pose

result in

wreak

deliver

provide

direct

enact

theatrical world

class

ring

interval

section

move

drama

lectern

bus

destination

lay

generation

condition

podium

setting

bring forth

depict

give

perform

render

mount

program

sequence

time period

do

make

run

rank

floor

storey

lookout

terrace

tower

identify

locate

position

set

situate

spot

baiting-place

halting place

pull up

staging post

standstill

stoppage

stopping place

plate

plateau

act as agent

act as go-between

get

procure

purvey

supply

round

steps

carriage

pace

progress

post town

relay station

upper seat

limits

region

altar

performance

seat of equity

seat of sermon

framework

scaffolding

plane

stratum

background

do a play

dramatize

footlights

scenic

layer

chronostratigraphic stage

separation stage

dancing-hall

as in

play-house

arrive at one’s lodging

histrionic

sound stage

stage-coach

theatricalize

playhouse

jitney

motorbus

omnibus

tabernacle

tent

career

scope

bed

board

desk

support

table

unit

microscope carrier

microscopic stage

microstat

river stage

water height

depth of water

extent

cascade

object stage

objective table

day’s journey

juncture

cut

grad

rate

act as

act out

adduce

advance

affect

air

execute

impersonate

instance

offer

playact

propose

put

put forward

raise

reenact

retell

set out

sound out

come up

accommodate

adjust

array

book

caucus

collate

coordinate

dispose

distribute

dress

fix

fix up

line up

marshal

orchestrate

organise

put up

stagger

straighten

tee up

unclutter

unravel

patch

stint

tide

forum

theater stage

theatre stage

dramatic art

stagecraft

post chaise

commit

action

author

confect

equal

pay

place

put through

work

dramatics

theatrics

place of honor

open area

contrive

mastermind

feign

department

part

on the stage

gibbet

trestle

code

plan

schedule

account

agent

be

constitute

mean

picture

portray

speak

symbolize

acting

theatrical

internship

duckrun

ladder

journey

intermediate state

stream

transitional period

situation

in public

pageantry

chukka

chukker

period of time

spell

lunar phase

summer

date

deck

floors

bear witness

demonstrate

display

exhibit

expose

try

centre

surface

Pronounced as (IPA)

/steɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stæde, stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead. Doublet of étage.