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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: stage

1	n	any distinct time period in a sequence of events
2	n v	a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience perform (a play), especially on a stage
3	n	a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
4	n	a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: stage

n 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”

Synonyms:: phase

Types:: show 28 types...; hide 28 types...; diakinesis
the final stage of the prophase of meiosis; diplotene
the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis; leptotene
the first stage of the prophase of meiosis; pachytene
the third stage of the prophase of meiosis; phase of cell division
a stage in meiosis or mitosis; zygotene
the second stage of the prophase of meiosis; anal phase, anal stage
(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned; genital phase, genital stage
(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity; latency period, latency phase, latency stage
(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities; oral phase, oral stage
(psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting; phallic phase, phallic stage
(psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure; chapter
any distinct period in history or in a person's life; incubation
(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear; fertile period, fertile phase
the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation); menstrual phase
the phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day 1 of the menstrual cycle); musth
an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear; luteal phase, secretory phase
the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins; generation
a stage of technological development or innovation; apogee, culmination
a final climactic stage; seedtime
any time of new development; safe period
that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation); anaphase
the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle; metaphase
the second stage of mitosis; metaphase
the second stage of meiosis; prophase
the first stage of mitosis; prophase
the first stage of meiosis; telophase
the final stage of mitosis; telophase
the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle

Type of:: period, period of time, time period
an amount of time

n a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

“at what stage are the social sciences?”

Synonyms:: degree, level, point

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; ladder
ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress; acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; extent
the point or degree to which something extends; end point, resultant
the final point in a process; standard of life, standard of living
a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group; plane
a level of existence or development; state of the art
the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time; ultimacy, ultimateness
the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, "the ultimacy of these social values"; quickening
the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus; climax
the most severe stage of a disease; extremity
the greatest or utmost degree; profoundness
extremeness of degree

Type of:: state
the way something is with respect to its main attributes

n a section or portion of a journey or course

“then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise”

Synonyms:: leg

Types:: fare-stage
a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same

Type of:: travel, traveling, travelling
the act of going from one place to another

n 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”

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; downstage
the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience); mise en scene, setting, stage setting
arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted; apron, forestage, proscenium
the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain); theater stage, theatre stage
a stage in a theater on which actors can perform; backstage, offstage, wing
a stage area out of sight of the audience; boards
the stage of a theater; thrust stage
a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides

Type of:: platform
a raised horizontal surface

n the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')

“an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage”

Type of:: dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre
the art of writing and producing plays

n 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”

Type of:: scene
the place where some action occurs

v perform (a play), especially on a stage

“we are going to stage `Othello'”

Synonyms:: present, represent

Types:: localise, localize, place, set
locate

Type of:: re-create
create anew

v plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

“the neighboring tribe staged an invasion”

Synonyms:: arrange

Types:: dogfight
arrange for an illegal dogfight; tee up
make detailed arrangements or preparations; phase
arrange in phases or stages

Type of:: initiate, pioneer
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

n 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”

Synonyms:: stagecoach

Type of:: coach, coach-and-four, four-in-hand
a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver

n a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination

Synonyms:: microscope stage

Type of:: platform
a raised horizontal surface

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