0 a part of an activity or a period of development:
The project is in its final stages and should be completed by August.
Our marriage is going through a difficult stage at the moment.
Their youngest child is at the stage where she can say individual words but not full sentences.
I'm not tired at the moment but I will need a rest at some stage (= at some time) during the walk.
Andrew spends all his spare time playing with his computer but it's probably just a stage he's going through (= a period of development that will end soon).
We're decorating the house in stages so it won't be ready for another couple of months.
Once its fuel supply runs out, each stage separates from the main part of the rocket and falls back to earth.
1 the area in a theatre that is often raised above ground level and on which actors or entertainers perform:
3 a part of an activity, or a period of development:
4 the area in a theater, often raised above ground level, on which actors or entertainers perform:
[ C ] When you’re sitting in the balcony, you see more of the ceiling than the stage.
[ U ] Berlin’s most successful stage musical was "Annie Get Your Gun."
[ U ] She was a popular star of the musical stage (= of this type of theater).
As a child, he appeared on stage (= performing in theaters).
[ C ] His novel includes such actors on the world stage as Fidel Castro and the Pope.
5 to arrange the performance of a play or other entertainment:
6 one of a series of periods of development in a process:
7 a particular area of public life where important events happen:
global/international/world stage His speech at the party conference propelled him onto the international stage.
8 if you do something in stages, you divide the activity into parts and complete each part separately:
9 to organize a large or important event for a large number of people:
stage a conference/event/exhibition
My Spanish never really progressed beyond the stage of being able to order drinks at the bar.
At some stage we need to calculate when the project will be finished.
Confession is the first stage of coming to terms with what you've done.
The corpse was in an advanced stage of decomposition.
The show climaxed with all the performers singing on stage together.
She made her professional stage debut in Swan Lake.
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