stage
noun
[ steɪdʒ ]
• a point, period, or step in a process or development.
• "there is no need at this stage to give explicit details"
Similar:
phase,
period,
juncture,
step,
point,
time,
moment,
instant,
division,
level,
• a raised floor or platform, typically in a theatre, on which actors, entertainers, or speakers perform.
• "there are only two characters on stage"
Similar:
platform,
dais,
stand,
grandstand,
staging,
apron,
rostrum,
podium,
soapbox,
stump,
pulpit,
box,
dock,
mandapam,
tribune,
• a floor or level of a building or structure.
• "the upper stage was added in the 17th century"
• (in chronostratigraphy) a range of strata corresponding to an age in time, forming a subdivision of a series.
• "the Oxfordian stage"
• a stagecoach.
stage
verb
• present a performance of (a play or other show).
• "the show is being staged at the Grand Opera House in Belfast"
Similar:
put on,
put before the public,
present,
produce,
mount,
direct,
perform,
act,
render,
give,
• style or furnish (a property for sale) in such a way as to enhance its attractiveness to potential buyers.
• "once we've staged the house, we bring in our photographer"
• diagnose or classify (a disease or patient) as having reached a particular stage in the expected progression of the disease.
• "cancer of the prostate is staged by the way it feels on rectal exam"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a floor of a building, platform, or stopping place): shortening of Old French estage ‘dwelling’, based on Latin stare ‘to stand’. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th century.
