Stage
[steɪdʒ] or [stedʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a section or portion of a journey or course; 'then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise'.
(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'.
(noun.) a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination.
(noun.) the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); 'an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary 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'.
(verb.) plan, organize, and carry out (an event); 'the neighboring tribe staged an invasion'.
(verb.) perform (a play), especially on a stage; 'we are going to stage `Othello''.
Editor: Matt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A floor or story of a house.
(n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
(n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
(n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
(n.) The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
(n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs.
(n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.
(n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
(n.) 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; as, a stage of ten miles.
(n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.
(n.) A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus.
(n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
(v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.
Typed by Dave
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Platform, scaffold, STAGING.[2]. Theatre, play-house.[3]. Step, degree.
Checker: Norris
Definition
n. an elevated platform esp. in a theatre: the theatre: theatrical representations the theatrical calling: any place of exhibition or performance: a place of rest on a journey or road: distance between places: degree of progress.—v.t. to represent or place for representation on the stage.—ns. Stage′-coach a coach that runs regularly with passengers from stage to stage; Stage′-craft skill in putting a play on the stage; Stage′-door the actors' entrance to a theatre; Stage′-driv′er one who drives a stage; Stage′-effect′ theatrical effect; Stage′-fē′ver a passion to go on the stage; Stage′-fright nervousness before an audience esp. for the first time; Stage′-man′ager one who superintends the production of plays and has general charge of everything behind the curtain; Stage′-play a play for representation on a stage; Stage′-play′er a player on the stage; Stā′ger a stage-horse: one who has had much experience in anything.—adj. Stage′-struck sorely smitten with stage-fever.—ns. Stage′-wag′on a wagon for conveying goods and passengers at fixed times; Stage′-whis′per a loud whisper as that of an actor meant to be heard by the audience.—adjs. Stā′gey Stā′gy suggesting the stage theatrical.—ns. Stā′giness; Stā′ging a structure for workmen in building.
Edited by Guthrie
Examples
- Any open reference to the question, on my part, would have been premature at this early stage of our reconciliation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- After all, I have played my part to the best of my ability on this life's stage, but Fate has been too strong for me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We say in our argument that a return to the days of the stage-coach is impossible or that you cannot turn back the hands of the clock. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Is appealed to, at the fish stage of the banquet, by Veneering, on the disputed question whether his cousin Lord Snigsworth is in or out of town? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Davoust and Massena, who wrought in many a battle tragedy, are here, and so also is Rachel, of equal renown in mimic tragedy on the stage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Edison himself began at that point, and his note-books show that he made various experiments with this type of lamp at a very early stage. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This second comfort came on the stage in the course of the evening. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Even in 1847 few of these things had lost their novelty, most of them were in the earlier stages of development. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I will assume that we possess (what we have certainly not got) money enough to carry this inquiry on through all its stages. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At last he began to pay me in halfpence at a time; and was full two hours getting by easy stages to a shilling. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The production of coal gas, and the development of its properties at different stages of distillation, may be readily shown by means of a common tobacco pipe. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Sometimes it is only the earlier developmental stages which fail. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The individual develops, but his proper development consists in repeating in orderly stages the past evolution of animal life and human history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Through all his stages, Mr. Jaggers followed him with the same strange interest. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- When all was completed the great staging was removed, and the mighty tube rested alone and secure upon its massive wedge-faced piers rising from the bedrock of the flood below. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The silent drama, however, calls also for many representations which employ conventional acting, staging, and the varied appliances of stagecraft. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checked by Klaus