stage

A raised area where people perform or speak in front of an audience.

• The singer walked onto the stage.
• Bright lights shone above the stage.
• Have you ever performed on stage?

How to use it: on stage (The dancers are already on stage.)

Similar words: platform

Common phrases: on stage, take the stage, stage lights, theatre stage

One part of a process, period of development, or series of events.

• We are at the planning stage.
• The project has three main stages.
• What happens during the next stage of treatment?

How to use it: a stage of/in something (We have reached the final stage of the project.); at a stage (At this stage, we cannot make changes.); in stages (The repairs will be completed in stages.)

Similar words: phase, step

Common phrases: early stage, final stage, at this stage, stage of something

A large horse-drawn vehicle that carried passengers between towns on a regular route.

• The stage arrived at noon.
• Six passengers climbed into the stage.
• They missed the morning stage and waited until evening.

Similar words: stagecoach, coach

Common phrases: catch the stage, stage driver, morning stage

One section of an electronic circuit that processes a signal before passing it to the next section.

• The amplifier has two stages.
• The output stage drives the speaker.
• Each filter stage removes more unwanted signals.

Similar words: section, block

Common phrases: amplifier stage, output stage, filter stage, input stage

The flat part of a microscope that holds the small glass plate you look at.

• Place the slide on the stage.
• She lowered the microscope's stage carefully.
• The stage clips held the glass slide in place.

Similar words: specimen platform

Common phrases: microscope stage, mechanical stage, stage clips

To organize and carry out an event or planned action.

• The workers staged a strike.
• Students staged a protest outside the university.
• The team staged a remarkable comeback in the final minutes.

Similar words: organize, hold, carry out

Common phrases: stage a protest, stage a strike, stage a comeback, stage a demonstration

To prepare and present a play or other performance for an audience.

• The school staged a play.
• They are staging a new musical this summer.
• Our theatre has never staged an opera before.

Similar words: put on, produce, present

Common phrases: stage a play, stage a musical, stage a show, stage an opera

To arrange an event or scene so that people wrongly believe it happened naturally.

• They staged the robbery.
• The couple staged an accident to claim insurance money.
• Was the rescue real, or had someone staged it?

Similar words: fake, set up

Common phrases: stage an accident, stage a robbery, stage a scene