stage

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stage

The student places the specimen slide on the stage of the microscope.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A raised platform in a theater, hall, or other venue where performers, speakers, or entertainers stand: A physical area designed to be seen by an audience.
    • The theater as a profession or the world of theatrical performance: Often used with "the" to refer to the acting profession or theatrical work in general.
    • A distinct period or phase in a process, development, or series of events: A point, level, or step in a progression.
    • A point or period in a journey or race: A specific section or leg of a route.
    • A small platform on a microscope: The flat plate where a specimen is placed for examination.
    • (Historical) A stagecoach: A large horse-drawn coach that carried passengers and mail on regular routes.

  2. Verb:

    • To present a performance, especially a play, on a stage: To produce and perform a theatrical work.
    • To organize and carry out a public event or action, often for dramatic effect or to attract attention: To plan and execute an event, sometimes implying it is orchestrated for public view.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • The actor walked confidently onto the stage. (Referring to the physical platform.)
    • She has dedicated her life to the stage. (Referring to the acting profession.)
    • The project is still in the planning stage. (Referring to a phase in a process.)
    • The tour includes a stage through the mountains. (Referring to a section of a journey.)
    • Place the slide on the microscope stage. (Referring to the platform on a microscope.)

  • Verb:

    • The local drama club will stage 'Hamlet' next month. (Referring to performing a play.)
    • The protesters staged a sit-in at the city hall. (Referring to organizing a public event.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to set the stage for (something)": To create the necessary conditions for something to happen; to prepare the way.
    • The treaty set the stage for lasting peace in the region.
  • "to take center stage": To become the main focus of attention.
    • The issue of climate change has taken center stage in the debate.
  • "stage fright": Nervousness felt by a performer before or during a public appearance. (Note: This is a compound noun listed here as an advanced usage example of the concept).
    • Even experienced actors sometimes suffer from stage fright.
Variants and Related Words
  • Staging (n): The process or manner of presenting a play or other production; the scaffolding or temporary platform used in construction.
    • The staging of the opera was magnificent.
  • Stagecoach (n): A historical term for a large, closed horse-drawn coach that ran on a regular route.
  • Stagehand (n): A person who moves scenery or props and does other manual work in a theater production.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Platform): Platform, dais, podium.
  • Noun (Phase): Phase, step, point, period, level.
  • Verb (Present): Present, perform, put on, mount.
  • Verb (Organize): Organize, arrange, engineer, orchestrate.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Stage a comeback: To successfully return to a previous position of success or popularity after a period of absence or decline.
    • The singer staged a remarkable comeback after a decade away from music.
Related Idioms
  • All the world's a stage: A famous phrase from Shakespeare meaning that life is like a play, and people are merely actors. (Often used to comment on the roles people play in life).
  • To quit the stage: To retire from a profession, especially acting or public life; (figuratively) to die.
    • After forty years, the legendary actor decided to quit the stage.
stage

The student places the specimen slide on the stage of the microscope.

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

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