Phase Feɪz Early Testing Project Noun Initial/Final Construction/Development/Design

• during the initial/final phase
• the construction/development/design phase
• the testing phase of the project
• this technology is still in an early phase of development.

phase

1. a stage in a process of change or development
• during the initial/final phase
• the construction/development/design phase
• the testing phase of the project
• This technology is still in an early phase of development.
• an important phase in your career
• The wedding marked the beginning of a new phase in Emma's life.
• His anxiety about the work was just a passing phase.
• During his stay in Spain, his work entered a new phase.
• She's going through a difficult phase.
• The semester was divided into three phases of study.

Extra Examples

• In the earliest phase of mental disorder, relatives feel confused.
• It's just a phase he's going through.
• Society has entered a technological phase of evolution.
• The co-op is still in the start-up phase.
• The period can be divided into three distinct phases.
• The process is still in its testing phase.
• a new phase in the European economy
• as the team reaches the later phases of product development
• during the planning phase of an operation
• early in the project's design phase
• the acute phase of the disease
• the main Catholic rituals that mark important phases in a person's life
• Most teenagers go through a difficult phase.
• The basic idea is elaborated during the design phase.
• The initial phase of the project will last six months.
• We are now entering a critical phase of the campaign.
2. each of the shapes of the moon as we see it from the earth at different times of the month
• the phases of the moon
3. working/not working together in the right way
• The traffic lights were out of phase.

Word Origin

• early 19th cent. (in sense (2)): from French phase, based on Greek phasis ‘appearance’, from the base of phainein ‘to show’.