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stage
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- pronunciation:
- steIj
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a raised platform used for concerts, plays, talks, and other performances.
The actors walked onto the stage.
- synonyms:
- dais
- similar words:
- arena, platform
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| definition 2: |
the job of acting in the theater (used with "the").
He started his career on the stage after finishing school. |
| definition 3: |
a separate period or step in a process of growth or development.
Adolescence is a stage between childhood and adulthood.The first stage in preparing an oral report is finding a topic.
- synonyms:
- level, phase
- similar words:
- degree, step
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| related words: |
arena, grade, jump, lap, notch, phase, point, position, term, time |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
stages, staging, staged |
| definition: |
to perform or present on a stage.
The theater club is going to stage a play by Shakespeare this year.- synonyms:
- enact, perform
- similar words:
- dramatize, mount, put on
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| related words: |
produce |
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