stage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A raised platform where actors, singers, or speakers perform in front of an audience.

   The band walked onto the stage to loud cheers.

2. 2
   noun

   One step or period in a process or in the development of something.

   The project is still at an early stage.

3. 3
   noun

   A separate part of a journey or race.

   We completed the final stage of the trip by train.

4. 4
   noun

   The work or profession of acting in the theatre.

   She dreamed of a career on the stage.

Common collocations

• stage an escape Verb + noun
• stage direction Noun + noun
• stage fright Noun + noun
• stage setting Noun + noun
• stage whisper Noun + noun
• transitional stage Adjective + noun

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.

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