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|title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/joris-luyendijk-banking-blog/2013/jun/19/banking-britain-beyond-control Our banks are out of control]
|title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/joris-luyendijk-banking-blog/2013/jun/19/banking-britain-beyond-control Our banks are out of control]
|passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered '''stage''' three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}
|passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered '''stage''' three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}
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## {{label|en|video games}} A [[level]]; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
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# The area, in any [[theatre]], generally [[raised]], upon which an audience watches [[play]]s or other public ceremonies.
#: {{ux|en|The band returned to the '''stage''' to play an [[encore]].}}
##: {{ux|en|How do you get past the flying creatures in the third '''stage'''?}}
# {{label|en|Structural}} An area of or with floor.
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#* {{w|Alexander Pope}} (1688-1744)
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## The area, in any [[theatre]], generally [[raised]], upon which an audience watches [[play]]s or other public ceremonies.
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#*: Knights, squires, and steeds must enter on the '''stage'''.
##: {{ux|en|The band returned to the '''stage''' to play an [[encore]].}}
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#* {{w|Charles Sprague (poet)|Charles Sprague}} (1791–1875)
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##* {{w|Alexander Pope}} (1688-1744)
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#*: Lo! Where the '''stage''', the poor, degraded stage, / Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.
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##*: Knights, squires, and steeds must enter on the '''stage'''.
# A [[floor]] or [[storey]] of a house.
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##* {{w|Charles Sprague (poet)|Charles Sprague}} (1791–1875)
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#: {{rfquotek|Wyclif}}
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##*: Lo! Where the '''stage''', the poor, degraded stage, / Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.
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# A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; [[scaffolding]]; [[staging]].
# A [[platform]], often floating, serving as a kind of [[wharf]].
## A [[floor]] or [[storey]] of a house.
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##: {{rfquotek|Wyclif}}
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# A [[stagecoach]], an [[enclosed]] [[horsedrawn]] [[carriage]] used to carry passengers.
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## A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; [[scaffolding]]; [[staging]].
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#: {{ux|en|The '''stage''' pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.}}
## A [[platform]], often floating, serving as a kind of [[wharf]].
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#* {{w|William Cowper}} (1731-1800)
# {{label|en|travel}} Of a journey or route divided into phases.
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#*: a parcel sent you by the '''stage'''
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## A [[stagecoach]], an [[enclosed]] [[horsedrawn]] [[carriage]] used to carry passengers.
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#* {{w|Jonathan Swift}} (1667–1745)
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##: {{ux|en|The '''stage''' pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.}}
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#*: I went in the sixpenny '''stage'''.
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##* {{w|William Cowper}} (1731-1800)
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# {{label|en|dated}} A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
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##*: a parcel sent you by the '''stage'''
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# {{label|en|dated}} 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.
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##* {{w|Jonathan Swift}} (1667–1745)
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#: {{ux|en|a '''stage''' of ten miles}}
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##*: I went in the sixpenny '''stage'''.
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#* {{w|Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey|Francis Jeffrey}} (1773-1850)
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## {{label|en|dated}} A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
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#*: A '''stage'''{{...}}signifies a certain distance on a road.
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## {{label|en|dated}} 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.
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#* '''1858''', {{w|Samuel Smiles}}, {{w|Robert Stephenson}}, ''[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PKOV67lbNMAC The Life of George Stephenson: Railway Engineer]'', p.356
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##: {{ux|en|a '''stage''' of ten miles}}
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#*: He travelled by gig, with his wife, his favourite horse performing the journey by easy '''stages'''.
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##* {{w|Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey|Francis Jeffrey}} (1773-1850)
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#*{{quote-book|year=1910|author={{w|Emerson Hough}}
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##*: A '''stage'''{{...}}signifies a certain distance on a road.
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##* '''1858''', {{w|Samuel Smiles}}, {{w|Robert Stephenson}}, ''[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PKOV67lbNMAC The Life of George Stephenson: Railway Engineer]'', p.356
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##*: He travelled by gig, with his wife, his favourite horse performing the journey by easy '''stages'''.
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##*{{quote-book|year=1910|author={{w|Emerson Hough}}
|title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11593 The Purchase Price]|chapter=3
|title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11593 The Purchase Price]|chapter=3
|passage=The ''Mount Vernon'', favoured by a good '''stage''' of water, soon cleared the narrow Monongahela channel, passed the confluence, and headed down under full steam, […].}}
|passage=The ''Mount Vernon'', favoured by a good '''stage''' of water, soon cleared the narrow Monongahela channel, passed the confluence, and headed down under full steam, […].}}
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# The [[place]] on a [[microscope]] where the [[slide]] is [[locate]]d for viewing.
# The [[place]] on a [[microscope]] where the [[slide]] is [[locate]]d for viewing.
#: {{ux|en|He [[placed]] the [[slide]] on the [[stage]].}}
#: {{ux|en|He [[placed]] the [[slide]] on the [[stage]].}}
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# {{label|en|video games}} A [[level]]; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
#: {{ux|en|How do you get past the flying creatures in the third '''stage'''?}}
# A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the [[scene]].
# A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the [[scene]].
#* {{w|William Shakespeare}} (1564-1616)
#* {{w|William Shakespeare}} (1564-1616)

Revision as of 11:57, 26 July 2014

English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) stage, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) estage, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *(deprecated template usage) stāticum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin stāre (“to stand”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) stæde, (deprecated template usage) stede. More at stead.

Pronunciation

Noun

stage (plural stages)

  1. A phase.
    He is in the recovery stage of his illness.
    Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage.
    1. (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
      How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage?
  2. (Structural) An area of or with floor.
    1. 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.
      • Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
        Knights, squires, and steeds must enter on the stage.
      • Charles Sprague (1791–1875)
        Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, / Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.
    2. A floor or storey of a house.
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    3. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
    4. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
  3. (travel) Of a journey or route divided into phases.
    1. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
      The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.
    2. (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
    3. (dated) 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.
      a stage of ten miles
  4. (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
  5. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
    He placed the slide on the stage.
  6. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.

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Terms derived from stage (noun)

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Verb

stage (third-person singular simple present stag, present participle ing, simple past and past participle staged)

  1. To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
    The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
  2. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
    The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
  3. (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
  4. To cause 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.
    to stage data to be written at a later time

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: sta‧ge

Noun

stage m (plural stages, diminutive stagetje n)

  1. probation, induction
  2. apprenticeship

French

Etymology

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Noun

stage m (plural stages)

  1. internship, job that a trainee is doing in a workplace until a fixed date
    Ce jeune homme avait déjà fait un stage de ce genre auprès d’un des ministres tombés en 1827 ; mais le ministre avait eu soin de le placer à la Cour des Comptes. (Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon, 1844)
  2. probation, induction
Descendants

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References

Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) stage.

Pronunciation

Noun

stage m (invariable)

  1. internship

Synonyms

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