| stage | |
| 1. n. A phase. | |
| He is in the recovery stage of his illness. | |
| Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage. | |
| 2. n. (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given. | |
| The band returned to the stage to play an encore. | |
| 3. n. A floor or storey of a house. | |
| 4. n. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging. | |
| 5. n. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. | |
| 6. n. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers. | |
| The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies. | |
| 7. n. (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. | |
| 8. n. (dated) 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. | |
| a stage of ten miles | |
| 9. n. (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc. | |
| a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter | |
| 10. n. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing. | |
| He placed the slide on the stage. | |
| 11. n. (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game. | |
| How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage? | |
| 12. n. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene. | |
| 13. n. (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale. | |
| 14. v. To produce on a stage, to perform a play. | |
| The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice". | |
| 15. v. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner. | |
| The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective. | |
| 16. v. (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out. | |
| 17. v. To place in position to prepare for use. | |
| We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag. | |
| to stage data to be written at a later time | |
