Quick definitions from WordNet (stage)
▸ noun: a section or portion of a journey or course ("Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
▸ noun: the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') ("An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage")
▸ noun: any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something ("All the world's a stage--Shakespeare")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process ("At what stage are the social sciences?")
▸ verb: plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
▸ verb: perform (a play), especially on a stage ("We are going to stage `Othello'")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #11446)
▸ Also see stage
▸ noun: a section or portion of a journey or course ("Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
▸ noun: the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') ("An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage")
▸ noun: any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something ("All the world's a stage--Shakespeare")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process ("At what stage are the social sciences?")
▸ verb: plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
▸ verb: perform (a play), especially on a stage ("We are going to stage `Othello'")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #11446)
▸ Also see stage