📈 In clear phases 🎭 Like a theater stage

stagelike

6.1

Happening in separate steps that come one after another

adjective
/ˈsteɪɡˌlaɪk/

: por etapas

The child's development was stagelike, with each phase building on the previous one.

Examples

The training program uses a stagelike approach, introducing new skills at each level.
Some theories suggest that learning is not continuous but rather stagelike in nature.
The project developed in a stagelike manner.
Her approach was very stagelike and systematic.
The child's development was stagelike, with each phase building on the previous one.
The training program uses a stagelike approach, introducing new skills at each level.
Some theories suggest that learning is not continuous but rather stagelike in nature.

Synonyms

polyphasic

vsstagelike

Specialized

4 8.8

Having several stages or parts

focuses on defined stages in structure or development not on varied types

stepwise

vsstagelike

2 6.0

Happens in small steps rather than all at once

describes clear stages as parts of structure or development rather than timing

multiphasic

vsstagelike

Specialized

1 8.7

Having several separate stages in a process, test, or treatment

is about clear stages in structure or development rather than only technical systems

How Structured

formal

Specialized

40 5.3

structured

1 3.9

stagelike

6.1

informal

98 3.1

unstructured

4 4.4

Surface Forms

stagelike positive

Morphology

stagelike = stage (semi-transparent) = stage + like

The word clearly contains 'stage' + '-like', but the sense of successive phases is a figurative extension from the literal idea of being stage-like.

Etymology

The word stagelike comes from stage meaning a 'step' or 'phase' and the ending -like meaning 'similar'. So something stagelike happens in clear steps or phases, one after another.