stage
- noun
- /steɪdʒ/
- Archaic
- Passengers waited eagerly for the stage to arrive, bringing letters and goods from afar.
Examples
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- Didn't you come in on the stage?
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See the lady gets a stage to Salt Lake, okay?
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Soldier, when does the next stage leave the post for California?
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You can give me your ticket, and you can take the next stage.
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Some place where I can get a stage to San Francisco or even down into Texas.
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When does the Sonora stage come?
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Well, he left on the bullion stage, riding shotgun.
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Mingo is just one shabby building that serves as a saloon, stage station, post office, and hospital.
Fiction book (1997) -
The historic stage coach was once a common sight on the dusty trails of the Old West.
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The sheriff mounted his horse after receiving word that the next stage was due to arrive shortly.
Synonyms
A large closed carriage that horses pull to carry people
A large coach pulled by horses that carries people between towns
A large carriage pulled by four horses with a driver
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stage once meant a 'stop' on a long road, and a stage coach was the carriage that ran between those stops. That's why in older times a 'stage' could mean the large horse-drawn coach people used to travel from town to town.