stage
1. any distinct time period in a sequence of events (Freq. 25)
- we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected
• Syn:
phase
• Derivationally related forms:
phase (for: phase)
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
• Hyponyms:
diakinesis, diplotene, leptotene, pachytene, phase of cell division,
zygotene, anal stage, anal phase, genital stage, genital phase, latency stage,
latency phase, latency period, oral stage, oral phase, phallic stage, phallic phase,
chapter, incubation, fertile period, fertile phase, menstrual phase, musth,
musth, luteal phase, generation, apogee, culmination,
seedtime, safe period
2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process (Freq. 18)
- a remarkable degree of frankness
- at what stage are the social sciences?
• Syn:
degree, level, point
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
ladder, acme, height, elevation, peak,
pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top,
extent, resultant, end point, standard of living, standard of life, plane,
state of the art, ultimacy, ultimateness, quickening, climax
3. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience (Freq. 15)
- he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box
• Hypernyms:
platform
• Hyponyms:
downstage, mise en scene, stage setting, setting, proscenium,
proscenium, forestage, theater stage, theatre stage, wing,
offstage, backstage
• Part Holonyms:
theater, theatre, house
• Part Meronyms:
upstage, stage right, right stage, stage left, left stage
4. the theater as a profession (usually 'the stage') (Freq. 6)
- an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage
• Derivationally related forms:
stagy, stagey
• Hypernyms:
dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
5. a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns (Freq. 2)
- we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles
• Syn:
stagecoach
• Hypernyms:
coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four
6. a section or portion of a journey or course (Freq. 2)
- then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise
• Syn:
leg
• Hypernyms:
travel, traveling, travelling
• Hyponyms:
fare-stage
• Part Holonyms:
journey, journeying
7. any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something (Freq. 1)
- "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare
- it set the stage for peaceful negotiations
• Hypernyms:
scene
8. a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
• Syn:
microscope stage
• Hypernyms:
platform
1. perform (a play), especially on a stage (Freq. 9)
- we are going to stage 'Othello'
• Syn:
present, represent
• Derivationally related forms:
representation (for: represent), presentment (for: present), stager, staging
• Topics:
performing arts
• Hypernyms:
re-create
• Hyponyms:
set, localize, localise, place
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Did he stage his major works over a short period of time?
2. plan, organize, and carry out (an event) (Freq. 5)
- the neighboring tribe staged an invasion
• Syn:
arrange
• Derivationally related forms:
stager
• Hypernyms:
initiate, pioneer
• Hyponyms:
dogfight, tee up, phase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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