stage
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,407 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,076 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events also: phase we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process also: degree, level, point a remarkable degree of franknessat what stage are the social sciences?
- 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
- the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage
- a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns also: stagecoach we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles
- a section or portion of a journey or course also: leg then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise
stage in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Those things are only seen on the stage.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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If it is possible, begin your second rehearsal on the stage where the play is to be given.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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A certain swagger and richness of deportment were explained by his statement that he had been on the stage.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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It struck me that he might look natural on a stage, but was strangely out of place in real life.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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The star is a horse that pranced about the stage in the most natural manner possible, carefully avoiding the orchestra.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1