1. stage - 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"
Synonym(s): phase
Hypernym(s): time_period, period_of_time, period
2. stage - noun
· 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?"
Synonym(s): degree, level, point
Hypernym(s): state
3. stage - 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"
Hypernym(s): platform
4. stage - noun
· the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
Hypernym(s): dramaturgy, dramatic_art, dramatics, theater, theatre
5. 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"
Synonym(s): stagecoach
Hypernym(s): coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four
6. stage - noun
· a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
Synonym(s): leg
Hypernym(s): travel, traveling, travelling
7. stage - noun
· any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"
Hypernym(s): scene
8. stage - noun
· a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
Synonym(s): microscope_stage
Hypernym(s): platform
9. stage - verb
· perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"
Synonym(s): present, represent
Hypernym(s): re-create
10. stage - verb
· plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"
Synonym(s): arrange
Hypernym(s): initiate, pioneer
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