English Explanatory Dictionary

stage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phase.
  2. One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
  3. A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
  4. A floor or storey of a house.
  5. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
  6. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
  7. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers; the service that such coaches provide; a company that operates such service.
  8. A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station, way station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
  9. 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.
  10. The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
  11. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
  12. A level; one of the areas making up the game.
verb
  1. To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
  2. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
  3. To orchestrate; to carry out.
  4. To place in position to prepare for use.
  5. To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
  6. To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
  7. To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter.
noun
  1. An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.
verb
  1. To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/steɪd͡ʒ/ en-us-stage.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-stage.wav /stɑːʒ/

Word forms

stage stages staging staged

Etymology

From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead. Doublet of étage.

Synonyms

level map area world track board zone phase tier lap fake

Related words

stagiaire

Derived words

all the world's a stage anal stage assistant stage manager autostage backstage cage stage caveman stage centerstage center stage centre stage coaling stage cryostage destage downstage early-stage endstage exit stage left flood stage follicle stage forestage frontstage group stage hold the stage interstage key stage knockout stage landing stage late-stage capitalism late stage capitalism life stage mainstage main stage metastage midstage ministage mirror stage misstage multistage multistages offstage off-stage one-stage prothrombin time onstage on-stage oral stage overstage photostage Prader stage restage rocket stage sage on a stage sage on the stage set the stage single-stage-to-orbit sound stage special stage stageable stage ball stagebound stage bus

Translations

Khiamniungan Naga: vītā Bulgarian: дилижанс Finnish: vaunut French: calèche Greek: ταχυδρομική άμαξα Russian: дилижа́нс Spanish: calesa Spanish: diligencia Finnish: pysäyttää
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