stagenoun [ C ]
uk/steɪdʒ/us/steɪdʒ/stage noun [ C ] (PART)
B2 a part of an activity or a period of development:
If you do something in stages, you divide the activity into parts and complete each part separately:
specialized engineering one of the separate parts of a rocket, each part having its own engine:
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- My Spanish never really progressed beyond the stage of being able to order drinks at the bar.
 - I do not propose to reveal details at this stage.
 - At some stage we need to calculate when the project will be finished.
 - Confession is the first stage of coming to terms with what you've done.
 - The corpse was in an advanced stage of decomposition.
 
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Stages & phases
- beta
 - early-stage
 - early-term
 - in phase/out of phase idiom
 - landmark
 - leg
 - period
 - phase
 - point
 - step
 - stepping stone
 - tertiary
 - the home straight
 - twilight
 
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stage noun [ C ] (THEATRE)
A2 the area in a theatre that is often raised above ground level and on which actors or entertainers perform:
a particular area of public life:
to go onto the stage and start to perform
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- The show climaxed with all the performers singing on stage together.
 - She made her professional stage debut in Swan Lake.
 - The cast all lined up on stage to take their bow.
 - She made her exit from the stage to rapturous applause.
 - He made his first stage appearance at the age of six.
 
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Theatres, cinemas & their parts
- apron
 - art house
 - arthouse
 - backdrop
 - backstage
 - center stage
 - centre stage
 - dressing room
 - fleapit
 - footlights
 - green room
 - onstage
 - scenery
 - spotlight
 - stage left
 - stage right
 - stagy
 - theater
 - upstage
 - wing
 
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Idiom(s)
stageverb [ T ]
uk/steɪdʒ/us/steɪdʒ/C2 to arrange and perform a play or show:
to organize an event:
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- We're staging a revival of a 1950s play.
 - Protesters staged an anti-war demonstration in front of the US embassy.
 - Senior union workers staged a walkout this afternoon at the annual conference over the proposed changes in funding.
 - Students staged a sit-in in the university offices as part of their protest campaign.
 - The commandos staged a daring raid on the enemy.
 
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Cinema & theatre: production, direction & recording
- audition
 - auteur
 - computer-animated
 - direct
 - director
 - dress rehearsal
 - editor
 - effect
 - filmmaker
 - make
 - moviemaker
 - picturize
 - produce
 - prop
 - rehearsal
 - run-through
 - set
 - setting
 - staging
 
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