adjective
                                                written for or performed on the stage
                                                
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                                                                                                        - a staged version of the novel
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                deliberately arranged for effect
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                                                                                                        - one of those artfully staged photographs
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                any distinct time period in a sequence of events
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                                                                                                        - 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
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                                                                                                        - a remarkable degree of frankness
- at what stage are the social sciences?
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
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                                                                                                        - he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
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                                                                                                        - an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
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                                                                                                        - we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a section or portion of a journey or course
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                                                                                                        - then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
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                                                                                                        - All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare
- it set the stage for peaceful negotiations
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
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                                                verb
                                                perform (a play), especially on a stage
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                                                                                                        - we are going to stage `Othello'
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
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                                                                                                        - the neighboring tribe staged an invasion
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                attend a dance or a party without a female companion
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                                                verb
                                                give away information about somebody
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                                                                                                        - He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                watch, observe, or inquire secretly
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