what does stage mean?
STAGE as NOUN
- Meaning
- a section or portion of a journey or course
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- then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise
Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
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- he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box
Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
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Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
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- we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles
Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- the theater as a profession (usually `the stage”)
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- an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage
Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
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- All the world’’s a stage–Shakespeare
- it set the stage for peaceful negotiations
Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
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- a remarkable degree of frankness
- at what stage are the social sciences?
Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events
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- we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected
Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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STAGE as VERB
- Meaning
- plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
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Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
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- we are going to stage `Othello”
Hypernyms(s) stage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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