to stage
- verb
- /steɪdʒ/
- Students protested the increasing economic disparity, staging almost 50 demonstrations in the summer of 1968.
- stage a performance
- stage a play
- stage a scene
Examples
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The Jewish Junior Players of Lodge 274 in Saint Louis staged Snow White and the Union Dwarfs.
Academic text (1995) -
In the mid-1980s, the play was also staged by a Jordanian theater company in Amman.
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After their research, students could stage a role play involving dating and marriage in an African country.
Academic text (1996) -
Gabriel is staging the play; directing us where to cross, when to sit, and so forth.
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In 1941, New York's Museum of Modern Art staged the exhibition Indian Art of the United States.
Academic text (1994) -
The theater aspired to stage their works and had connections to Victorian theater practitioners.
Academic text (2017) -
The Russian Dramatic Group, Lodge 3029, in Boston staged At the Railroad Station.
Academic text (1995) -
Members of the Ekeledi Girls Association stage dances wearing festival maidens' attire.
Academic text (2008) -
A special Sinulog procession was staged at the Basilica during fiesta week.
Academic text (1995) -
The school will stage a play next month, featuring students from all grades.
Synonyms
Introduce information or ideas to a group
To entertain people by singing, acting, or dancing
Idioms
- Jargon
A place to the right of the stage where actors wait out of view of the audience
Phrasal Verbs
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 Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stage as a verb comes from putting a play on a stage (a place to stand), so to 'stage' something first meant to present it to an audience. That's why to stage a play is to put it on for people to see.