Stage Or   A  To  The B Verb Staged

stage

I

 \\ˈstāj\\ noun1.
  a. one of a series of positions or stations one above the other : 

step

  b. the height of the surface of a river above an arbitrary zero point
      flood stage
2.
  a.
    (1) a raised platform
    (2) the part of a theater on which the acting takes place and which often includes the wings
    (3) the acting profession : the theater as an occupation or activity
    (4) 
  b. a center of attention or scene of action
3.
  a. a scaffold for workmen
  b. the small platform of a microscope on which an object is placed for examination
4.
  a. a place of rest formerly provided for those traveling by stagecoach : 

station

  b. the distance between two stopping places on a road
  c. 
5.
  a. a period or step in a progress, activity, or development: as
    (1) one of the distinguishable periods of growth and development of a plant or animal
       the larval stage of an insect
    (2) a period or phase in the course of a disease; also : the degree of involvement or severity of a disease
  b. one passing through a (specified) stage
6. an element or part of an electronic device (as an amplifier)
7. one of two or more sections of a rocket that have their own fuel and engine
• stage·ful  \\-ˌfu̇l\\ noun
• stage·like  \\-ˌlīk\\ adjective
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II

transitive verb
(staged ; stag·ing)1. to produce (as a play) on a stage
2. to produce or cause to happen for public view or public effect
    stage a track meet
    stage a hunger strike
3. to determine the phase or severity of (a disease) based on a classification of established symptomatic criteria; also : to evaluate (a patient) to determine the phase, severity, or progression of a disease
• stage·able  \\ˈstā-jə-bəl\\ adjective

III

adjective: intended to represent a type or stereotype
    a stage Irishman
    a stage French accent

stage
  stage (n.) c.1300, "story of a building, raised floor for exhibitions," from O.Fr. estage "a story or floor of a building, stage for performance," from V.L. *staticum "a place for standing," from L. statum, pp. of stare "to stand" (see stet). Meaning "platform for presentation of a play" is attested from 1548; generalized for "profession of an actor" from 1589. Sense of "period of development or time in life" first recorded 1608, probably from M.E. sense of "degree or step on the 'ladder' of virtue, 'wheel' of fortune, etc.," in parable illustrations and morality plays. The verb meaning "to put (a play) on the stage" first recorded 1879; general sense of "to mount" (a comeback, etc.) is attested from 1924. Stage-coach is 1658, from the sense of "division of a journey without stopping for rest" (1603). Stage mother is from 1919. Stage-Door Johnny "young man who frequents stage doors seeking the company of actresses, chorus girls, etc." is attested from 1912. Stage-struck is from 1813; earlier stage-smitten (1682). Stage-whisper first attested 1865.

☞ stage
stage / steidV /nounPERIOD / STATE 时期；状态
1. [C] a period or state that sth / sb passes through while developing or making progress
   (发展或进展的)时期,阶段,状态:
   This technology is still in its early stages.
   这项技术还处于其早期开发状态。
   The children are at different stages of development.
   这些孩子处于不同的成长阶段。
   The product is at the design stage.
   产品处于设计阶段。
   People tend to work hard at this stage of life.
   人在这个人生阶段往往发奋努力。
    At six stage it looked as though they would win.
   有一段时间,他们好像大有获胜的希望。
   Don't worry about the baby not wanting to leave you—it's a stage they go through.
   宝宝不肯离开你别担心,他们总要经过这个阶段。
PART OF PROCESS 程序
2. [C] a separate part that a process, etc. is divided into
   段；步；步骤
   SYN  

phase

 :
   We did the first stage of the trip by train.
   旅行的第一段我们乘的是火车。
   The police are building up a picture of the incident stage by stage.
   警方正逐步摸清那次事件的经过。
   The pay increase will be introduced in stages (= not all at once).
   工资的提高将分步进行。
   We can take the argument six stage further.
   我们可以把辩论更深入一步。
THEATRE 剧场
3. [C] a raised area, usually in a theatre, etc. where actors, dancers, etc. perform
   (多指剧场中的)舞台:
   The audience threw flowers onto the stage.
   观众把鲜花抛向舞台。
   There were more than 50 people on stage in six scene.
   有一场戏中舞台上的人有 50 多个。
   They marched off stage to the sound of trumpets.
   在号角声中,他们阔步退下舞台。
⇨ see also 

backstage

 , 

offstage

 , 

onstage

4. (often the stage) [sing.] the theatre and the world of acting as a form of entertainment
   戏剧；戏剧表演；戏剧界:
   His parents didn't want him to go on the stage (= to be an actor).
   他父母不想让他当演员。
   She was a popular star of stage and screen (= theatre and cinema / movies).
   她是观众喜爱的舞台银幕两栖明星。
IN POLITICS 政界
5. [sing.] an area of activity where important things happen, especially in politics
   (政治等活动的)领域；(政治)舞台:
   She was forced to the centre of the political stage.
   她被推到了政治舞台的中心。
   Germany is playing a leading role on the international stage.
   德国在国际政治舞台上起着主导作用。
⇨ see also 

centre stage

CARRIAGE 马车
6. [C] (old-fashioned, informal) = 

stagecoach

⇨ see also 

landing stage

 IDIOMS 
▪ set the 'stage for sth
   to make it possible for sth to happen; to make sth likely to happen
   使某事成为可能；为某事铺平了道路verb[VN]
1. to organize and present a play or an event for people to see
   上演；举办；举行:
   to stage a ceremony / an event / an exhibition
   举行仪式/活动/展览
   The local theatre group is staging a production of 'Hamlet'.
   当地剧团在上演《哈姆雷特》。
   Birmingham has bid to stage the next national athletics championships.
   伯明翰申办下届全国田径锦标赛。
2. to organize and take part in action that needs careful planning, especially as a public protest
   组织；筹划:
   to stage a strike / demonstration / march / protest
   组织罢工/示威/游行/抗议活动
3. to make sth happen
   使发生；使出现:
   The dollar staged a recovery earlier today.
   今天早些时候,美元出现回升。
   After nine years in retirement, he staged a comeback to international tennis.
   退役五年之后,他又复出国际网坛。

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stage
I. \ˈstāj\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French estage (also, position, place, stay, habitation), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin staticum, from Latin stare to stand + -aticum -age — more at 
1.
 a. : a story of a building : a horizontal division of a structure
  < a low square tower in four stages — American Guide Series: Maryland >
 b. : one of a series of positions or stations one above the other : , 
  < the garden that sloped, stage by stage precipitously down to the water — F.M.Ford >
 c. : a set of shelves : ; specifically : a tier of shelves (as in a greenhouse) on which potted plants are placed
  < the height of the glass above the greenhouse stages — South African Garden Manual >
 d. : the height of the surface of a river above an arbitrary zero point — see 
 e. : the distance between two levels (as in hoisting)
2.
 a. : a raised platform for the better viewing of something by an audience
  < spoke from a small stage erected at the edge of the airport >
  < give order that these bodies high on a stage be placed to the view — Shakespeare >
 b.
  (1) : the raised flooring in a theater or auditorium on which plays or other spectacles (as operas or ballets) are enacted
  (2) : the part of a theater between the proscenium and the rear wall including the acting area, wings, and storage space — called also stagehouse
  (3) : the dramatic art or profession :  — usually used with the
   < attracted by the stage ever since she was a child >
 c. : a place where something is exhibited or done : a center of attention or a scene of action
  < all the world's a stage — Shakespeare >
  < those diseases … now occupy the center of the medical stage — R.J.Thomas >
  < the end of the eighteenth century set the stage for a new middle-class struggle — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude >
3.
 a. : a scaffold used to support workmen and their materials
  < stages rigged overside swarmed with … shipfitters, busy removing crumpled shell plating — K.M.Dodson >
 b. : an elevated structure used for drying fish
 c. : 
 d. : a platform used as a base or support; specifically : the small platform of the stand of a microscope or polariscope on which an object is placed for examination
4.
 a. : a place of rest formerly provided for those traveling by stagecoach : 
 b. : the distance between two stopping places on a road : a degree of advance in a journey
  < proceeded by easy stages, some of them spending the night near my camp — Douglas Carruthers >
 c.
  (1) : 
   < sat on the slippery leather seat of the old stage — Margaret Deland >
  (2) : a motor vehicle that carries mail or passengers
  (3) : 
5.
 a. : a period or step in a process, activity, or development
  < there were three stages in the cutting process — G.S. & Helen McKearin >
  < came to bat with a teammate on base in the late stages of a close ball game — W.B.Furlong >
  < aware of the stages in child growth and development — Current Biography >
 b.
  (1) : a period or phase in the course of a disease
   < the preeruptive stage of an eruptive fever >
   < sweating stage of malaria >
  (2) : one of two or more operations performed at different times but constituting a single procedure
   < 2-stage thoracoplasty >
   < the operation should be done in two or three stages >
  (3) : one of the four degrees indicating depth of general anesthesia
   < stage of excitement >
   < stage of surgical anesthesia >
 c. : one of the steps into which the material development of man or a people is divided : a particular economy
  < pastoral stage >
  < hunting stage >
  < nomadic stage >
 d. : a division of a culture or culture period with respect to time, content, or development
 e.
  (1) : a minor subdivision of a stratigraphic series
  (2) : a part of a cycle of erosion in which the features of the landscape have characteristics that distinguish them from similar features in other parts of the cycle
  (3) : a subdivision of the Pleistocene epoch
   < the Illinoian glacial stage >
  also : 
  (4) : a particular phase in the historical development of a geologic feature
   < the Calumet stage of Lake Chicago >
 f.
  (1) : one of several periods whose beginning and end are usually marked by some important change of structure in the development and growth of many animals and plants
   < the larval stage >
   — see 
  (2) : an organism in a specified stage
   < the tadpole is the larval stage of a frog >
 g. : one complete process or step (as of a fluid passing through one impeller of a multiple-impeller pump) — see , 
 h. : an element or part in a complex electronic contrivance; specifically : a single tube with its associated components in an amplifier
 i. : a propulsion unit of a rocket with its own fuel and container
  < the first stage raises all the stages until its fuel is gone >
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II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. archaic : to furnish with a scaffold
2. : to put into a play or public show
 < the quick comedians extemporally will stage us — Shakespeare >
 < his play … staged only one woman character among airmen — Edmund Fuller >
3.
 a. : to produce on the stage : put on
  < staged the play in a spectacular fashion >
  < staged a number of new ballets this season >
  < staged the opera with new scenery >
 b. : to produce for public view
  < stage a track meet >
  < stage a special art exhibition >
  < stage an elaborate parade >
 c. : to bring about or cause to take place especially in a dramatic or spectacular manner
  < staged a brief hunger strike yesterday — New York Times >
  < staged huge protest demonstrations — Anne Bauer >
  < led his followers to stage an attempt to release him from custody — L.S.B.Leakey >
  < the entirely unpredictable … weather had decided to stage a clear sunny day in the middle of December — C.S.Forester >
 d. : to arrange or present for public effect : 
  < staged a fake accident >
4. : to place (potted plants) on a layer of sand, gravel, or other medium in a greenhouse
5. : to move (as military personnel, supplies, or equipment) to or establish in a new base in preparation for a further movement or a planned operation
 < seize bases that would permit staging our aircraft forward — F.J.Sackton >
6. : to protect (areas of a printing plate that require no further etching) with a resist of asphalt varnish or other solution
intransitive verb
1. : to travel by stage
 < after four and a half days of continuous staging … he arrived — G.R.Stewart >
2. : to establish a military base or position
 < staging there for attacks — Time >
 < ordnance company staging for the night nearby — Yale Review >
III. adjective
1. : conventionalized, 
 < so French as to make him seem almost a stage Frenchman — Osbert Sitwell >
 < the face of a stage curate — Fred Majdalany >
2. : of, relating to, or constituting a manner of pronouncing a language on formal occasions (as in stage acting or public speaking) that is not necessarily identical with any one dialect of the language and that seeks to avoid dialectal features that have the least currency among educated speakers
IV. transitive verb

: to determine the phase or severity of (a disease) based on a classification of established symptomatic criteria ; also : to evaluate (a patient) to determine the phase, severity, or progression of a disease