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Stage - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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" [syn: 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?" [syn:
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: 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"
6: 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" [syn: stagecoach]
7: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we
embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
[syn: leg]
8: a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is
mounted for examination [syn: microscope stage]
(verb)
1: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to
stage `Othello'" [syn: present, represent]
2: plan, organize, and carry out (an event) [syn: bring about,
arrange]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Stage : \Stage\, n. [OF. estage, F. ['e]tage, (assumed) LL.
staticum, from L. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf.
Static.]
1. A floor or story of a house. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
2. An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play
be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
3. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work,
or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
4. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
5. The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the
playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing
dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Stage : \Stage\, v. t.
To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display
publicly. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Stage : Stage: The extent of a cancer, especially whether the disease has spread from the original site to other parts of the body. See also staging.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Stage |
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katerinafaoro: I wanna dance on your body the way I shake it on Stage http://dailybooth.com/u/17ufu |
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journeymelaniee: @Serababyy .. ik kan het niet halen, mag klas overslaan dus hoef dan alsnog een jaartje ongeveer .. Stage hoef ik ook niet meer te doen |
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mariongandon: @paulsteel so mister Steel, when do you come to Paris ? we NEED to see you on Stage ! x |
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