stage
- 1) noun, a distinct step or period of development, growth, or progress
- 2) noun, a raised area or platform
- 3) noun, the platform in a theatre where actors perform
- 4) noun, the. the theatre as a profession
- 5) noun, any scene regarded as a setting for an event or action
- 6) noun, a portion of a journey or a stopping place after such a portion
- 7) noun, short for stagecoach
- 8) noun, a division of a bus route for which there is a fixed fare
- 9) noun, one of the separate propulsion units of a rocket that can be jettisoned when it has burnt out. See also multistage
- 10) noun, any of the various distinct periods of growth or development in the life of an organism, esp an insect
- 11) noun, the organism itself at such a period of growth
- 12) noun, a small stratigraphical unit; a subdivision of a rock series or system
- 13) noun, the platform on a microscope on which the specimen is mounted for examination
- 14) noun, electronics a part of a complex circuit, esp one of a number of transistors with the associated elements required to amplify a signal in an amplifier
- 15) noun, a university subject studied for one academic year
- 16) noun, by or in easy stages not hurriedly
- 17) verb, to perform (a play), esp on a stage
- 18) verb, to set the action of (a play) in a particular time or place
- 19) verb, to plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- 20) verb, to travel by stagecoach
Etymology
C13: from Old French estage position, from Vulgar Latin staticum (unattested), from Latin stāre to stand
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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perform, step, leg, phase, point, level, period, division, length, lap, juncture, present, produce, put on, do, give, play, organize, mount, arrange, lay on, orchestrate, engineer