(dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
(dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.
(electronics) The number of an electroniccircuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
(video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
Verbit
To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
(Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
To cause to pause or wait at a designated location.
Esimerkit
The Mount Vernon, favoured by a good stage of water, soon cleared the narrow Monongahela channel, passed the confluence, and headed down under full steam, […].
En tant qu’acteur imparfait sur la scène…
La scène était sombre et l’éclat de la fournaise faisait un effet agréable, particulièrement lorsque de la vraie vapeur sortit du chaudron quand la sorcière souleva le couvercle.
to stage data to be written at a later time
We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.
Music and ethereal mirth / Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring.
When we are born, we cry that we are come / To this stage of fools.
How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage?
He placed the slide on the stage.
a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter
He is in the recovery stage of his illness.
He travelled by gig, with his wife, his favourite horse performing the journey by easy stages.
A stage [...] signifies a certain distance on a road.
a stage of ten miles
I went in the sixpenny stage.
a parcel sent you by the stage
The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.
Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, / Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.
Knights, squires, and steeds must enter on the stage.
The band returned to the stage to play an encore.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society.
Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage.