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English noun: stage | |||
| 1. | stage (time) any distinct time period in a sequence of events | ||
| Samples | We are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected. | ||
| Synonyms | phase | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anal phase, anal stage, apogee, chapter, culmination, diakinesis, diplotene, fertile period, fertile phase, generation, genital phase, genital stage, incubation, latency period, latency phase, latency stage, leptotene, luteal phase, menstrual phase, musth, oral phase, oral stage, pachytene, phallic phase, phallic stage, phase of cell division, safe period, secretory phase, seedtime, zygotene | ||
| 2. | stage (state) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | ||
| Samples | A remarkable degree of frankness. At what stage are the social sciences?. | ||
| Synonyms | degree, level, point | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acme, climax, elevation, end point, extent, height, ladder, meridian, peak, pinnacle, plane, quickening, resultant, standard of life, standard of living, state of the art, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, ultimacy, ultimateness | ||
| 3. | stage (artifact) a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience | ||
| Samples | He clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | platform | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | apron, backstage, downstage, forestage, mise en scene, offstage, proscenium, setting, stage setting, theater stage, theatre stage, wing | ||
| Part holonym | left stage, right stage, stage left, stage right, upstage | ||
| Part meronym | house, theater, theatre | ||
| 4. | stage (communication) the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') | ||
| Samples | An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre | ||
| 5. | stage (artifact) a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns | ||
| Samples | We went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles. | ||
| Synonyms | stagecoach | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coach, coach-and-four, four-in-hand | ||
| 6. | stage (act) a section or portion of a journey or course | ||
| Samples | Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise. | ||
| Synonyms | leg | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | travel, traveling, travelling | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fare-stage | ||
| Part meronym | journey, journeying | ||
| 7. | stage (location) any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something | ||
| Samples | All the world's a stage. It set the stage for peaceful negotiations. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | scene | ||
| 8. | stage (artifact) a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination | ||
| Synonyms | microscope stage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | platform | ||
English verb: stage | |||
| 1. | stage (creation) perform (a play), especially on a stage | ||
| Samples | We are going to stage `Othello'. | ||
| Examples | Did he stage his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Synonyms | present, represent | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | re-create | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | localise, localize, place, set | ||
| Domain category | performing arts | ||
| 2. | stage (creation) plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | ||
| Samples | The neighboring tribe staged an invasion. | ||
| Synonyms | arrange | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | initiate, pioneer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dogfight, phase, tee up | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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