stage, n.
(stages)
freq. cnt. 69
(stages)
freq. cnt. 69
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 24
phase stage
sample sentences
"we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
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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
culmination, apogee
seedtime
safe period
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a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 66 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 15
degree level point stage
sample sentences
"a remarkable degree of frankness""at what stage are the social sciences?"
a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 15
stage
sample sentences
"he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
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downstage
setting, mise en scene, stage setting
proscenium, apron, forestage
theater stage, theatre stage
wing, backstage, offstage
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part meronym
the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
stage
sample sentences
"an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
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a section or portion of a journey or course
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
leg stage
sample sentences
"then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
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part holonym
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a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
stage stagecoach
sample sentences
"we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"
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any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
stage
sample sentences
"All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare"it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"
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a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
<noun.artifact>
microscope stage stage
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