stage meaning and definition

STAGE noun

Definition of stage (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: phase
2. 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?"
   • synonyms: degree, level, point
3. 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"
4. the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
   • "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
5. 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"
   • synonyms: stagecoach
6. a section or portion of a journey or course
   • "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
   • synonyms: leg
7. 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"
8. a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
   • synonyms: microscope stage

STAGE verb

Definition of stage (verb)

1. perform (a play), especially on a stage
   • "we are going to stage `Othello'"
   • synonyms: present, represent
2. plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
   • "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"
   • synonyms: arrange