stage

«stage» in Mova's school dictionary: a raised floor in a theatre or hall where people act… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a stage, stages); verb (stage, stages, staged, staging)

meaning for a pupil

1) A stage is a raised floor in a theatre or hall where people act, sing or speak. tree →

2) A stage is one step or part in a process or a time of growth. tree →

3) To stage a play or event is to put it on for people to watch. tree →

4) «The stage» can mean acting as a job. tree →

5) A stage coach was a large horse-drawn coach that carried passengers along a road in the past. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, the class performs a play on stage. In science, living things go through life-cycle stages (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly), and the Moon has stages called phases. In maths, a problem can be solved in stages (steps). In stories, «at this stage» tells the reader where in the events we are. Phrases: «on stage», «go on stage», «stage fright», «in stages», «at this stage», «early stages», «stage by stage».

examples

• Our class sang songs on the stage. tree →
• A caterpillar is one stage in the life of a butterfly. tree →
• Solve the problem in two stages. tree →
• She had stage fright before the concert. tree →
• The school staged a play about the Romans. tree →
• The building is in the last stage of work. tree →
• At this stage, nobody knew the treasure was gone. tree →
• The tadpole is the second stage of a frog's life. tree →
• The stage coach went rattling past. tree →

note

Plural stages. «Stage» (step) is like «phase»; it tells order. «On stage» = performing. Stage fright is being nervous before performing, and it is normal.

In the corpora

• Pop and rock concerts are loud and crowded; big festivals run for several days with many stages, and many fans wear earplugs.
• Musicians' earplugs make sound quieter but still clear, and many musicians wear them on stage.
• The stage crew work backstage, often dressed in black so the audience does not notice them.
• Theatre can help people understand others' lives; since 2022 many theatres around the world have staged plays by and about Ukrainians.
• Stage fright is very common, even for famous actors; slow deep breaths and good practice help.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.