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

[ Syn: phase ]

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; a remarkable degree of frankness; at what stage are the social sciences?

[ Syn: degree , level , point ]

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'

the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage'

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

[ Syn: stagecoach ]

a section or portion of a journey or course; then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise

[ Syn: leg ]

any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; All the world's a stage--Shakespeare; it set the stage for peaceful negotiations'

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

[ Syn: microscope stage ]

perform (a play), especially on a stage; we are going to stage `Othello

[ Syn: present , represent ]

plan, organize, and carry out (an event); the neighboring tribe staged an invasion

[ Syn: arrange ]