stage

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   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.broadly

   • 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.
3. 3

   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.
4. 4

   A floor or storey of a house.

5. 5

   A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.

6. 6

   A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.

7. 7

   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.
   • In the 1880s he ran a stage that connected various interior towns with the coastal port.
8. 8

   A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station, way station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.dated

9. 9

   A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.dated

   • a stage of ten miles
10. 10

    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

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1. 1

   To produce on a stage, to perform a play.transitive

   • The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
2. 2

   To arrange in a manner intended to deceive.transitive

   • The salesman's demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
3. 3

   To furnish and decorate (a property) to make it more appealing to potential buyers.transitive

   • to stage a house or flat
4. 4

   To orchestrate; to carry out.transitive

   • The workers staged a strike.
   • A protest will be staged in the public square on Monday.
5. 5

   To place in position to prepare for use.transitive

   • We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
   • to stage data to be written at a later time
6. 6

   To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to.transitive

   • One method of documenting a wound is as follows: (1) stage the ulcer, time present, setting where occurred; (2) describe the location anatomically; (3) measure ulcer in centimeters (length × width × base); […]
7. 7

   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.
8. 8

   To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter.CanadaUSintransitive

1. 1

   An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.

   • It doesn’t matter that recent reporting on the stage economy of Copenhagen […] has revealed a pattern of abuse and dangerous working conditions for unpaid interns. In “The Bear,” the stage is a dream: Marcus’s tasks are simply to learn from

1. 1

   To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.intransitive

   • I’ve been chosen to stage at Coloniál, the Michelin-starred restaurant that I will one day lie about running. Stage is restaurant-speak for free labor, but I’m unconcerned.