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Sounds | stey'jh |
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Rhymes | age, assuage, backstage, and 22 more rhymes in eyjh at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Any distinct time period in a sequence of events. |
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Examples | "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" |
Synonyms | phase |
Narrower | diakinesis; diplotene; leptotene; pachytene; phase of cell division; zygotene; anal stage, anal phase; genital stage, genital phase; latency stage, latency phase, latency period; oral stage, oral phase; phallic stage, phallic phase; chapter; incubation; fertile period, fertile phase; menstrual phase; musth; secretory phase, luteal phase; generation; apogee, culmination; seedtime; safe period |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Meaning | A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process. |
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Examples | "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
Synonyms | degree, level, point |
Narrower | ladder; acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top; extent; resultant, end point; standard of living, standard of life; plane; state of the art; ultimacy, ultimateness; quickening; climax |
Broader | state |
Meaning | A large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience. |
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Examples | "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box" |
Part of | theater, theatre, house |
Parts | stage right, right stage; stage left, left stage |
Narrower | mise en scene, stage setting, setting; proscenium, apron, forestage; theater stage, theatre stage; wing, offstage, backstage |
Broader | platform |
Verbs | stage |
Meaning | The theater as a profession (usually `the stage'). |
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Examples | "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage" |
Broader | dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
Verbs | stage |
Meaning | Any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something. |
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Examples | "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations" |
Broader | scene |
Verbs | stage |
Meaning | A large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns. |
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Examples | "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles" |
Synonyms | stagecoach |
Broader | coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four |
Meaning | A section or portion of a journey or course. |
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Examples | "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" |
Synonyms | leg |
Part of | journey, journeying |
Narrower | fare-stage |
Broader | travel, traveling, travelling |
Meaning | A small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination. |
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Synonyms | microscope stage |
Broader | platform |
Meaning | Perform (a play), especially on a stage. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | Did he stage his major works over a short period of time? |
Examples | "we are going to stage `Othello'" |
Synonyms | present, represent |
Category | performing arts |
Entailed by | cast |
Narrower | set, localize, localise, place |
Broader | re-create |
Nouns | stager; stage; stage; staging |
Meaning | Plan, organize, and carry out (an event). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | bring about, arrange |
Narrower | dogfight; tee up; phase |
Broader | initiate, pioneer |
Nouns | stager; stage |