Stage - Definition

n 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, stage]
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, stage, 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" [syn:
stagecoach, stage]
6: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we
embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" [syn:
stage, 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 [syn: stage, microscope stage]
v 1: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to
stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent]
2: plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring
tribe staged an invasion" [syn: stage, arrange]