stage
/steɪd͡ʒ/ noun, verb, proper noun
- noun A phase. “He is in the recovery stage of his illness.”
- noun (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another. “The first stage of the launcher burned out and separated after successfully boosting the payload onto a suborbital trajectory, but the engine of the upper stage failed to ignite to place the satellite into orbit.”
- noun (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.”
- noun A floor or storey of a house.
- noun A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- noun A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- noun A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers; the service that such coaches provide; a company that operates such service. “The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.”
- noun (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station, way station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
- verb (transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play. “The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".”
- verb (transitive) To arrange in a manner intended to deceive. “The salesman's demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.”
- verb (transitive, real estate) To furnish and decorate (a property) to make it more appealing to potential buyers. “to stage a house or flat”
- verb (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out. “The workers staged a strike.”
- verb (transitive) 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.”
- verb (transitive, medicine) To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
- verb (astronautics) To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it. “In Kerbal Space Program, you stage away used-up parts of your rocket by hitting the spacebar.”
- verb (intransitive, Canada, US) To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter.
- noun (cooking) An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.
- verb (intransitive, cooking) To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
tier level lap map area world track board zone phase fake degree point stagecoach leg microscope stage present represent arrange
Etymology
From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead. Doublet of étage.
Borrowed from French stage (“internship”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun A floor or story of a house. [Obs.] Wyclif.
- noun An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
- verb To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly. Shak.
Etymology [OF. estage, F. étage, (assumed) LL. staticum, from L. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Static.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “stage”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details