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stage n. [
phase] 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"
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stage n. [
degree, level, point] 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?"
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stage 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"
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stage v. [
present, represent] perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage 'Othello'"
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stage n. the theater as a profession (usually 'the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
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