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noun
A performance of a play
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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noun
The scenery or organization of the movements of actors onstage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The arrangement or layout of something in order to create an impression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
The organization of something in order to prepare for or facilitate working with it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act or process of putting on an event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The business of running stagecoaches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of journeying in stagecoaches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The classification of a case of a disease, usually a cancer, into its anatomic or prognostic stage, which is a category of severity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An environment for testing that exactly resembles a production environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
The process of loading and unloading commercial vehicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: logistics
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verb
present participle and gerund of stage
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: discard, throwing away
noun
travel by stagecoach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: travel, traveling, travelling
noun
a system of scaffolds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: scaffolding
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Broader terms: system
noun
the production of a drama on the stage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: theatrical production
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Broader terms: production
Narrower terms: coup de theatre, summer stock
History
By surface analysis, stage + -ing.
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
