stage
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French estage (“‘story of a building, performance stage’”), from Vulgar Latin *staticum from Latin statum, past participle of sto (“‘to stand’”)
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- IPA: stedʒ, steɪdʒ
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- Rhymes: -eɪdʒ
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stage (plural stages)
- a phase
- He is in the recovery stage of his illness.
- The area, in any theatre, generally raised, upon which an audience watches plays or other public ceremonies.
- The band returned to the stage to play an encore.
- Short for stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers
- The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.
- (electronics) the number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter
- The place on a microscope where the slide is placed
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phase
theatre
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number of an electronic circuit’s block
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to stage (third-person singular simple present stages, present participle staging, simple past and past participle staged)
- To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
- (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
- To pause or wait at a designated location.
- We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
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to produce on a stage
to demonstrate in a deceptive manner
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stage m. (plural stages)
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stage m
- internship, job that a trainee is doing in a workplace until a fixed date
- probation, induction
