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Meaning of stage

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stage
      n 1: 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" [syn: {phase}, {stage}]
      2: 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?" [syn: {degree},
         {level}, {stage}, {point}]
      3: 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"
      4: the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early
         movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the
         contemporary stage"
      5: 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" [syn:
         {stagecoach}, {stage}]
      6: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we
         embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" [syn:
         {stage}, {leg}]
      7: 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"
      8: a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is
         mounted for examination [syn: {stage}, {microscope stage}]
      v 1: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to
           stage `Othello'" [syn: {stage}, {present}, {represent}]
      2: plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring
         tribe staged an invasion" [syn: {stage}, {arrange}]

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