stage

Sense 1 noun

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

Sense 2 verb

perform (a play), especially on a stage

we are going to stage `Othello'

Sense 3 noun

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

a remarkable degree of frankness

Sense 4 verb

plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

the neighboring tribe staged an invasion

Sense 5 noun

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

Sense 6 noun

the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')

an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage

Sense 7 noun

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

Sense 8 noun

a section or portion of a journey or course

then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise

Sense 9 noun

any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something

All the world's a stage

Sense 10 noun

a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination