stage
- noun
- /steɪdʒ/
- In this game, you must navigate through different stages to complete your quest.
- set the stage
- world stage
- center stage
Our country is a stage when soldiers March into town.
- Our country is a stage when soldiers March into town.
- The skull is merely a stage in which these things can happen.
- The set, the stage is set already, Right, Right.
- And then Putin will leave the stage and allow the successor to take over.
- Yes, play, but play with awareness, knowing that the stage is but a fleeting projection.
- Like little theaters, the poems within are the stages upon which these actions are configured.
- Persia has been a kind of off stage presence in this course.
- But in in a way, all of life is workshop stage.
Examples
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And the stage is set for Darwin's cruellest play to unfold.
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First, we set the stage with a song.
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However, once she left this stage, nothing went as planned.
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Every stage of their growth is more beautiful than the last.
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Why not on a national stage?
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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The stage is set for what will be... one of the most dramatic campaign finales of all time.
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The opposition's victory set the stage for a presidential election in December 1989.
Academic text (1991) -
The stage is set for a significant change in the company's direction.
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The political debates serve as a stage for candidates to showcase their ideas and policies.
Synonyms
The place or setting where an event happens, especially a public one
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
- Specialized
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 Public
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stage began as a 'place to stand', so it also means any setting where actions happen or are shown. That's why we say something 'sets the stage' when it creates the conditions for events to follow.