[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stage \stage\ st=aj, n. of. estage, f. 'etage, assumed
   ll. staticum, from l. stare to stand. see stand, and cf.
   static.
   1. a floor or story of a house. obs. --wyclif.
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   2. an elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play
      be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
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   3. a floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work,
      or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
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   4. a platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
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   5. the floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the
      playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing
      dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
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            knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the
            stage.                                --pope.
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            lo where the stage, the poor, degraded stage,
            holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. --c.
                                                  sprague.
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   6. a place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of
      any noted action or career; the spot where any remarkable
      affair occurs; as, politicians must live their lives on
      the public stage.
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            when we are born, we cry that we are come
            to this great stage of fools.         --shak.
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            music and ethereal mirth
            wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring.
                                                  --miton.
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   7. the platform of a microscope, upon which an object is
      placed to be viewed. see illust. of microscope.
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   8. a place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage
      house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
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   9. a degree of advancement in a journey; one of several
      portions into which a road or course is marked off; the
      distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage
      of ten miles.
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            a stage . . . signifies a certain distance on a
            road.                                 --jeffrey.
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            he traveled by gig, with his wife, his favorite
            horse performing the journey by easy stages.
                                                  --smiles.
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   10. a degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress
       toward an end or result.
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             such a polity is suited only to a particular stage
             in the progress of society.          --macaulay.
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   11. a large vehicle running from station to station for the
       accommodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. "a
       parcel sent you by the stage." --cowper. obsolescent
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             i went in the sixpenny stage.        --swift.
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   12. biol. one of several marked phases or periods in the
       development and growth of many animals and plants; as,
       the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
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   stage box, a box close to the stage in a theater.

   stage carriage, a stagecoach.

   stage door, the actors' and workmen's entrance to a
      theater.

   stage lights, the lights by which the stage in a theater is
      illuminated.

   stage micrometer, a graduated device applied to the stage
      of a microscope for measuring the size of an object.

   stage wagon, a wagon which runs between two places for
      conveying passengers or goods.

   stage whisper, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater,
      supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or
      more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an
      aside.
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see also:
stand static microscope stage box stage carriage stage door 
stage lights stage micrometer stage wagon stage whisper 

Stage >> S Words
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Lights >> L Words
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Stage Left >> S Words
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Stage Manager >> S Words
Stage Manager, definition of term: Stage Manager
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Stage Fright >> S Words
Stage Fright, definition of term: Stage Fright
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Stage Door >> S Words
Stage Door, definition of term: Stage Door
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Take Stage >> T Words
Take Stage, definition of term: Take Stage
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Northern Lights >> N Words
Northern Lights, definition of term: Northern Lights
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Larval Stage >> L Words
Larval Stage, definition of term: Larval Stage
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