Noun
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a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- microscope stage -
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"
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a section or portion of a journey or course
"then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
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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"
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the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
"an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
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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"
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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?"
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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"
Verb
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plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
"the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"
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perform (a play), especially on a stage
"we are going to stage `Othello'"