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Words with a similar base: microscope_stage, stage, stagecoach

'stage'

[phase.n.01] as in: any distinct time period in a sequence of events

Examples:
we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected

'stage'

[degree.n.02] as in: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

Examples:
a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?

'stage'

[stage.n.03] as in: a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience

Examples:
he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box

'stage'

[stage.n.04] as in: the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')

Examples:
an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage

'stage'

[stagecoach.n.01] as in: a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns

Examples:
we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles

'stage'

[stage.n.06] as in: a section or portion of a journey or course

Examples:
then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise

'stage'

[stage.n.07] as in: any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; --Shakespeare

Examples:
All the world's a stage
it set the stage for peaceful negotiations

'stage'

[stage.n.08] as in: a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination

'stage'

[stage.v.01] as in: perform (a play), especially on a stage

Examples:
we are going to stage `Othello'

'stage'

[stage.v.02] as in: plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

Examples:
the neighboring tribe staged an invasion

Origins

					stage (English)
└── stage (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── estage (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        ├── -age (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        │   └── -aticum (Latin)
        └── ester (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── esto (Latin)
                └── sto (Latin)