noun
- A phase.
- A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- A floor or storey of a house.
- A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
- A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
- 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.
- The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
- A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
Synonyms: level, tier, area, board, level, map, phase, track, world, zone, level
verb
- To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- To orchestrate; to carry out.
- To place in position to prepare for use.
- To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
Synonyms: fake
Pronunciation
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Stage is a 2-meaning word in English. Medium-length words often have several interesting anagrams.
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