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stage
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English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French estage (“story of a building, performance stage”)
Pronunciation
Noun
stage (plural stages)
- 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.
- The area, in any theatre, generally raised, upon which an audience watches plays or other public ceremonies.
- The band returned to the stage to play an encore.
- Short for stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers
- The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.
- (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
- The place on a microscope where the slide is placed
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Derived terms
Related terms
- staging area
Verb
to stage (third-person singular simple present stages, present participle staging, simple past and past participle staged)
- To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
- (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
- To pause or wait at a designated location.
- We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
Translations
to produce on a stage
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Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: StageNoun
stage m. (plural stages)
Related terms
- stagiair
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin stagium, itself from Old French estage: ester + -age (modern French étage)
Noun
stage m. (plural stages)
- internship, job that a trainee is doing in a workplace until a fixed date
- Ce jeune homme avait déjà fait un stage de ce genre auprès d’un des ministres tombés en 1827 ; mais le ministre avait eu soin de le placer à la Cour des Comptes. (Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon, 1844)
- probation, induction
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References
- "stage" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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Look up stage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stage or Stages may refer to:
Theatre
Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions- Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage"
- The Stage, a weekly British theatre newspaper
- Stages Repertory Theatre, a theatre company in Houston, Texas
Music
- Stage (band), Ryan Star's first band
- Dave Williams or Stage, a musician with Drowning Pool
- "Stages" (song), a song by ZZ Top
- Stage (David Bowie album), a 1978 album by David Bowie
- Stage (Great White album) (1996)
- Stage (Keller Williams album) (2004)
- Stages (Elaine Paige album) (1983)
- Stages (Triumph album) (1985)
- Stages (Jimi Hendrix album) (1991)
- Stages (Nick Cannon album), an unreleased album
- Stages (Vedera album) (2008)
- Stages (Ella Koon album) (2008)
- Stages (Edward Reekers album), a 1993 album by Edward Reekers
- Stages, a 1982 album by David Benoit
- Stages (Eric Clapton album), a 1993 album by Eric Clapton
- Stages, a 2003 album by Neil Diamond
Transport
- Stagecoach
- Stage, a type of limousine
Other uses
- Stage (stratigraphy), a set of rock strata with the same age
- Staging (pathology) or cancer staging
- Stage (bicycle race), a leg in a bicycle race
- Stage (store), a chain of retail stores
- Stage Stores Inc., an American department store company
- Level (video gaming) or stage
- Stages, a book and DVD by Britney Spears
- Stage, a measurement of stream gauge
- Stage (European Union), the trainingship programme of the European Commission in Brussels and Luxembourg.
- Stages on Life's Way, an 1845 philosophical work by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard
- Calligra Stage, a presentation program
See also
- Enta da Stage, an album by Black Moon
- Multistage rocket
- Developmental stage theories
- Feeling
- Social role
- Condition (disambiguation)
- Period (disambiguation)
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