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stage
verb(stage)
plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
Synonyms: arrange,
Examples:
The neighboring tribe staged an invasion.
stage
verb(stage)
perform (a play), especially on a stage
Synonyms: present, represent,
Examples:
We are going to stage `Othello'.
stage
noun(stage)
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
Synonyms: degree, level, point,
Examples:
At what stage are the social sciences?.
stage
noun(stage)
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
Synonyms: phase,
Examples:
We are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected.
stage
noun(stage)
a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
Synonyms: microscope stage,
stage
noun(stage)
a section or portion of a journey or course
Synonyms: leg,
Examples:
Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise.
stage
noun(stage)
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
Synonyms: stagecoach,
Examples:
We went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles.
stage
noun(stage)
a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
Examples:
He clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box.
stage
noun(stage)
any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
Examples:
All the world's a stage.
It set the stage for peaceful negotiations.
stage
noun(stage)
the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
Examples:
An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage.

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