Definition: a section or portion of a journey or course
Usage: then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise
Main entry: stage
Definition: a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
Usage: he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box
Main entry: stage, microscope stage
Definition: a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
Main entry: stage, stagecoach
Definition: a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
Usage: we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles
Main entry: stage
Definition: the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
Usage: an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage
Main entry: stage
Definition: any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
Usage: All the world's a stage--Shakespeare; it set the stage for peaceful negotiations
Main entry: level, stage, point, degree
Definition: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
Usage: a remarkable degree of frankness; at what stage are the social sciences?
Definition: any distinct time period in a sequence of events
Usage: we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected
Definition: plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
Usage: the neighboring tribe staged an invasion
Main entry: stage, represent, present
Definition: perform (a play), especially on a stage
Usage: we are going to stage `Othello'