stage
- noun
- /steɪdʒ/
- In this study, the students were at the beginning stage of developing their argumentation skills.
- early stage
- development stage
- developmental stage
Did it at any stage feel just odd?
- Did it at any stage feel just odd?
- And we only get to that stage because we love it.
- This is the pre thinking stage of humanity.
- And then the, you know, the next stage is we, we roll camera.
- I don't know whether we're at the stage, whether that's realistic.
- I've I've lost at this stage, I think I'd lost.
- But I'm kind of right now in the stage where I hate men.
- We're in that platform building stage on education.
- Is this just kind of like this stage of liberal democracy?
- I'm at at this stage of my life right now.
- And so they would study like these stages of after death, right?
Examples
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Well, when do we begin the next stage?
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The Atlas robot is still in its developmental stage and needs a human being to program it and make sure it carries out its orders.
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This is the first stage of coming up with the product.
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We're still in the planning stages, basically.
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Now, at this stage of the experiment, it's really important to pay attention to the heat.
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All of them are at different stages of their sort of peak.
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Implementation does not happen all at once but in stages marked by specific activities.
Academic text (2015) -
Getting buy-in from key participants at an early stage can help minimize opposition later.
Academic text (2017) -
Their premise was that there are predictable stages a person goes through when asked to change.
Academic text (2015) -
In this study, the students were at the beginning stage of developing their argumentation skills.
Synonyms
A particular time or stage in a process
A particular stage in a system or idea
An action taken as one stage in a process
A stage in a process or cycle, like the Moon's appearance
A stage of a journey or race between two points
Idioms
- Jargon
A place to the right of the stage where actors wait out of view of the audience
Compounds
- Specialized
A note in a play script that tells actors and crew how to move, speak, or change lights and scenery
- Specialized
An early part of an animal or plant's life when it is still very small
- Specialized
A period that begins at puberty when sexual feelings mature and focus on close adult relationships
- Archaic
A man who waits outside a theatre to meet actors and ask for autographs
The arrangement of background and objects on a stage to show where the story happens
A short time of very strong enthusiasm after a big personal change that makes people act overly excited or extreme
- Specialized
A childhood stage when pleasure and conflict focus on toilet training and bowel and bladder control
- Specialized
A childhood period from age five to puberty when sexual feelings are quiet and energy goes into friendships and learning
- Specialized
A flat platform on a microscope where you put a slide to look at it
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The first stage of baby development when babies get pleasure from sucking or chewing
- NSFW
A stage in early childhood when a child's private parts become a main focus of pleasure and curiosity
- Specialized
A sound, light, or smoke trick used in a play to make scenes more dramatic
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stage once meant a 'stop' or 'step' on a journey, and from that it grew to mean a particular step or time in a process. That's why we call parts of a project or life different 'stages'.