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stage
Overview of noun stage
The noun stage has 8 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (266) phase, stage -- (any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected")
2. (236) degree, level, stage, point -- (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?")
3. (205) stage -- (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")
4. (153) stage -- (the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage")
5. (68) stage -- (any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations")
6. (15) stagecoach, stage -- (a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles")
7. (10) stage, leg -- (a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise")
8. stage, microscope stage -- (a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination)
Overview of verb stage
The verb stage has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) stage, present, represent -- (perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'")
2. (5) stage, arrange -- (plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stage
8 senses of stage
Sense 1
phase, stage
=> time period, period of time, period
=> fundamental quantity, fundamental measure
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
degree, level, stage, point
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
stage
=> platform
=> horizontal surface, level
=> surface
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
stage
=> dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
=> communication, communicating
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
stage
=> scene
=> area, country
=> region
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
stagecoach, stage
=> coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four
=> carriage, equipage, rig
=> horse-drawn vehicle
=> wheeled vehicle
=> vehicle
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
stage, leg
=> travel, traveling, travelling
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
stage, microscope stage
=> platform
=> horizontal surface, level
=> surface
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun stage
4 of 8 senses of stage
Sense 1
phase, stage
=> diakinesis
=> diplotene
=> leptotene
=> pachytene
=> phase of cell division
=> zygotene
=> anal stage, anal phase
=> genital stage, genital phase
=> latency stage, latency phase, latency period
=> oral stage, oral phase
=> phallic stage, phallic phase
=> chapter
=> incubation
=> fertile period, fertile phase
=> menstrual phase
=> musth
=> secretory phase, luteal phase
=> generation
=> apogee, culmination
=> seedtime
=> safe period
Sense 2
degree, level, stage, point
=> ladder
=> acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top
=> extent
=> resultant, end point
=> standard of living, standard of life
=> plane
=> state of the art
=> ultimacy, ultimateness
=> quickening
=> climax
Sense 3
stage
=> downstage
=> mise en scene, stage setting, setting
=> proscenium, apron, forestage
=> theater stage, theatre stage
=> wing, offstage, backstage
Sense 7
stage, leg
=> fare-stage
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stage
8 senses of stage
Sense 1
phase, stage
=> time period, period of time, period
Sense 2
degree, level, stage, point
=> state
Sense 3
stage
=> platform
Sense 4
stage
=> dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
Sense 5
stage
=> scene
Sense 6
stagecoach, stage
=> coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four
Sense 7
stage, leg
=> travel, traveling, travelling
Sense 8
stage, microscope stage
=> platform
Antonyms of noun stage
Member Holonyms of noun stage
Substance Holonyms of noun stage
Part Holonyms of noun stage
2 of 8 senses of stage
Sense 3
stage
PART OF: theater, theatre, house
Sense 7
stage, leg
PART OF: journey, journeying
Member Meronyms of noun stage
Substance Meronyms of noun stage
Part Meronyms of noun stage
1 of 8 senses of stage
Sense 3
stage
HAS PART: upstage
HAS PART: stage right, right stage
HAS PART: stage left, left stage
Meronyms of noun stage
1 of 8 senses of stage
Sense 3
stage
HAS PART: upstage
HAS PART: stage right, right stage
HAS PART: stage left, left stage
Holonyms of noun stage
2 of 8 senses of stage
Sense 3
stage
PART OF: theater, theatre, house
Sense 7
stage, leg
PART OF: journey, journeying
Attributes of noun stage
Derived Forms of noun stage
3 of 8 senses of stage
Sense 3
stage
RELATED TO>(verb) stage#1
=> stage, present, represent
Sense 4
stage
RELATED TO>(adj) stagy#1
=> stagy, stagey
RELATED TO>(adj) stagey#1
=> stagy, stagey
RELATED TO>(verb) stage#1
=> stage, present, represent
Sense 5
stage
RELATED TO>(verb) stage#2
=> stage, arrange
Domain of noun stage
Domain Terms of noun stage
Familiarity of noun stage
stage used as a noun is common (polysemy count =8)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun stage
8 senses of stage
Sense 1
phase, stage
> time period, period of time, period
=> trial period, test period
=> time frame
=> hours
=> downtime
=> uptime
=> work time
=> time off
=> bout
=> hospitalization
=> travel time
=> times
=> time
=> elapsed time
=> duration, continuance
=> week, calendar week
=> midweek
=> field day
=> life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan
=> life
=> life
=> millennium, millenary
=> bimillennium, bimillenary
=> occupation
=> past
=> shelf life
=> puerperium
=> lactation
=> time of life
=> calendar day, civil day
=> festival
=> day, daytime, daylight
=> morning, morn, morning time, forenoon
=> night, nighttime, dark
=> night
=> night
=> night
=> eve
=> evening
=> week, hebdomad
=> fortnight, two weeks
=> weekend
=> Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer
=> year
=> school, schooltime, school day
=> year, twelvemonth, yr
=> year
=> semester
=> bimester
=> Olympiad
=> lustrum
=> decade, decennary, decennium
=> century
=> quadrennium
=> quinquennium
=> half-century
=> quarter-century
=> quarter
=> phase of the moon
=> day
=> calendar month, month
=> mid-January
=> mid-February
=> mid-March
=> mid-April
=> mid-May
=> mid-June
=> mid-July
=> mid-August
=> mid-September
=> mid-October
=> mid-November
=> mid-December
=> time limit
=> term
=> trimester
=> hour
=> silly season
=> Golden Age
=> silver age
=> bronze age
HAS INSTANCE=> Bronze Age
=> iron age
HAS INSTANCE=> Iron Age
HAS INSTANCE=> Stone Age
HAS INSTANCE=> Eolithic Age, Eolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Paleolithic Age, Paleolithic, Palaeolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Lower Paleolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Middle Paleolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Upper Paleolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Mesolithic Age, Mesolithic, Epipaleolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Neolithic Age, Neolithic, New Stone Age
=> great year, Platonic year
=> regulation time
=> overtime, extra time
=> season, time of year
=> dog days, canicule, canicular days
=> midwinter
=> season
=> season
=> long time, age, years
=> long run, long haul
=> drought, drouth
=> era, epoch
=> generation
=> prehistory, prehistoric culture
=> reign
=> run
=> youth, early days
=> dawn
=> evening
=> time
=> sleep, nap
=> lease, term of a contract
=> half life, half-life
=> tide, lunar time period
=> phase, stage
=> multistage
=> watch
=> peacetime
=> wartime
=> enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour
=> honeymoon
=> indiction
=> prohibition, prohibition era
=> incubation period
=> rainy day
=> novitiate, noviciate
=> flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush
=> running time
=> period, historic period, historical period
=> clotting time
=> air alert
HAS INSTANCE=> Great Schism
=> question time
=> real time
=> real time
=> study hall
=> usance
=> window
Sense 2
degree, level, stage, point
> state
=> feeling
=> skillfulness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> cleavage
=> medium
=> ornamentation
=> condition
=> condition, status
=> conditionality
=> ground state
=> nationhood
=> situation, state of affairs
=> relationship
=> relationship
=> tribalism
=> utopia
=> dystopia
=> wild, natural state, state of nature
=> isomerism
=> degree, level, stage, point
=> office, power
=> status, position
=> being, beingness, existence
=> nonbeing
=> death
=> employment, employ
=> unemployment
=> order
=> disorder
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism
=> conflict
=> illumination
=> freedom
=> representation, delegacy, agency
=> dependence, dependance, dependency
=> motion
=> motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
=> dead letter, non-issue
=> action, activity, activeness
=> inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
=> temporary state
=> imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness
=> readiness, preparedness, preparation
=> flux, state of flux
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> kalemia
=> enlargement
=> separation
=> union, unification
=> maturity, matureness
=> immaturity, immatureness
=> grace, saving grace, state of grace
=> damnation, eternal damnation
=> omniscience
=> omnipotence
=> perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
=> integrity, unity, wholeness
=> imperfection, imperfectness
=> receivership
=> ownership
=> obligation
=> end, destruction, death
=> revocation, annulment
=> merchantability
=> turgor
=> homozygosity
=> heterozygosity
=> neotony
=> plurality
=> polyvalence, polyvalency
=> polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency
=> paternity
=> utilization
Sense 3
stage
> platform
=> auction block, block
=> bandstand, outdoor stage, stand
=> catwalk
=> crow's nest
=> dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox
=> deck
=> dock, loading dock
=> footboard
=> footplate
=> foretop
=> landing
=> landing stage
=> launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, pad
=> monkey bridge
=> pallet
=> pier, wharf, wharfage, dock
=> ring
=> scaffold
=> stage
=> stage, microscope stage
=> stairhead
=> top
=> turntable
=> turntable
=> runway
Sense 4
stage
> dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
=> stage
Sense 5
stage
> scene
=> light
=> darkness, dark, shadow
=> field of honor
=> stage
=> venue, locale, locus
Sense 6
stagecoach, stage
> coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four
=> stagecoach, stage
Sense 7
stage, leg
> travel, traveling, travelling
=> walk
=> circumnavigation
=> peregrination
=> traversal, traverse
=> wandering, roving, vagabondage
=> wayfaring
=> crossing
=> driving
=> riding, horseback riding
=> air travel, aviation, air
=> journey, journeying
=> stage, leg
=> staging
=> on the road, on tour
=> junketing
=> water travel, seafaring
=> commutation, commuting
Sense 8
stage, microscope stage
> platform
=> auction block, block
=> bandstand, outdoor stage, stand
=> catwalk
=> crow's nest
=> dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox
=> deck
=> dock, loading dock
=> footboard
=> footplate
=> foretop
=> landing
=> landing stage
=> launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, pad
=> monkey bridge
=> pallet
=> pier, wharf, wharfage, dock
=> ring
=> scaffold
=> stage
=> stage, microscope stage
=> stairhead
=> top
=> turntable
=> turntable
=> runway
Meronyms of noun stage
8 senses of stage
Sense 3
stage
HAS PART: upstage
HAS PART: stage right, right stage
HAS PART: stage left, left stage
=> platform
=> horizontal surface, level
=> surface
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 4
stage
=> dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
HAS PART: dramatic composition, dramatic work
HAS PART: prologue
Sense 6
stagecoach, stage
=> coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four
HAS PART: box, box seat
=> carriage, equipage, rig
HAS PART: axletree
HAS PART: rumble
=> horse-drawn vehicle
=> wheeled vehicle
HAS PART: axle
HAS PART: brake
HAS PART: splasher
HAS PART: wheel
HAS PART: felloe, felly
HAS PART: rim
=> vehicle
HAS PART: splashboard, splasher, dashboard
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 8
stage, microscope stage
=> platform
=> horizontal surface, level
=> surface
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun stage
2 of 8 senses of stage
Sense 3
stage
PART OF: theater, theatre, house
Sense 7
stage, leg
PART OF: journey, journeying
Grep of noun stage
anal stage
backstage
center stage
centre stage
downstage
fare-stage
final stage
forestage
genital stage
hostage
landing stage
latency stage
left stage
microscope stage
multistage
offstage
oral stage
outdoor stage
phallic stage
postage
right stage
stage
stage business
stage crew
stage dancing
stage direction
stage director
stage door
stage effect
stage fright
stage left
stage manager
stage name
stage right
stage set
stage setting
stage technician
stage whisper
stagecoach
stagecraft
stagehand
stager
theater stage
theatre stage
thrust stage
upstage
wastage
Antonyms of verb stage
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stage
2 senses of stage
Sense 1
stage, present, represent
=> re-create
=> make, create
Sense 2
stage, arrange
=> initiate, pioneer
=> cause, do, make
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stage
2 senses of stage
Sense 1
stage, present, represent
=> set, localize, localise, place
Sense 2
stage, arrange
=> dogfight
=> tee up
=> phase
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stage
2 senses of stage
Sense 1
stage, present, represent
=> re-create
Sense 2
stage, arrange
=> initiate, pioneer
'Cause To' of verb stage
Derived Forms of verb stage
2 senses of stage
Sense 1
stage, present, represent
RELATED TO>(noun) stage#4
=> stage
RELATED TO>(noun) stage#3
=> stage
RELATED TO>(noun) stager#1
=> stage manager, stager
RELATED TO>(noun) staging#1
=> theatrical production, staging
Sense 2
stage, arrange
RELATED TO>(noun) stage#5
=> stage
RELATED TO>(noun) stager#1
=> stage manager, stager
Domain of verb stage
1 of 2 senses of stage
Sense 1
stage, present, represent
TOPIC>(noun) performing arts#1
Domain Terms of verb stage
Familiarity of verb stage
stage used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb stage
2 senses of stage
Sense 1
stage, present, represent
EX: Did he stage his major works over a short period of time?
Sense 2
stage, arrange
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb stage
2 senses of stage
Sense 1
stage, present, represent
> re-create
=> regenerate
=> regenerate, renew
=> fictionalize, fictionalise, retell
=> forge, fake, counterfeit
=> represent, interpret
=> recite, retell
=> stage, present, represent
=> perform
=> act, play, represent
=> reenact
=> model, simulate
=> play, spiel
Sense 2
stage, arrange
> initiate, pioneer
=> strike up
=> introduce, innovate
=> trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
=> establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
=> stage, arrange
=> mount
=> undertake, set about, attempt
=> organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb stage
Sense 1
stage, present, represent
=> re-create
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Sense 2
stage, arrange
=> initiate, pioneer
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Grep of verb stage
stage
stage direct
take stage
take the stage
upstage
Grep of adj stage
backstage
downstage
offstage
onstage
stage-struck
staged
stagey
upstage
Grep of adv stage
backstage
downstage
offstage
onstage
upstage
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