staging area
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- noun
- /ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ ˈɛəriə/
- Jargon
:
zona de concentración
- My unit's been mobiIized to a staging area at BIackheath.
- equipment staging areas
- a key staging area
Examples
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The general advised all of you to come to the staging areas with your P215 families and belongings.
Fiction book (1994) -
A staging area has been set up in front of the terminal with paramedics standing by.
Fiction book (1992) -
We move out tomorrow morning for a staging area in South America.
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We are at the staging area.
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Agent 14, report to the staging area.
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All 5th division personnel report to the 3rd division staging area.
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His Brusilov-330 never made it to the staging area in Pavlovo.
Fiction book (2001) -
Processed soil from the discharge conveyor was transferred to a truck bed that transported it to a staging area nearby.
Academic text (1995) -
Empire State VI as a staging area for disaster relief, said David Doyle, a SUNY spokesman.
Blog text (9) -
The military established a staging area near the border to prepare for the operation.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area where troops and equipment are assembled and prepared' is directly derivable from combining 'staging' (the act/process of preparing or setting up) with 'area' (a place or region). Although 'staging' can appear in technical domains, the compositional relation is straightforward and cross-linguistically plausible, so a learner who knows both constituents would readily infer this meaning.
Etymology
Staging area may come from the idea of a theater stage where actors wait and get ready. Imagine people and props lined up just off the stage to 'gather' and 'prepare' before the show, and that's why staging area means a place to assemble people or equipment before a big operation.