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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#m1)

2) A stage is one step or part in a process or a time of growth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#m2)

3) To stage a play or event is to put it on for people to watch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#m3)

4) «The stage» can mean acting as a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#m4)

5) A stage coach was a large horse-drawn coach that carried passengers along a road in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#x1)
- A caterpillar is one stage in the life of a butterfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#x2)
- Solve the problem in two stages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#x3)
- She had stage fright before the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#x4)
- The school staged a play about the Romans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#x5)
- The building is in the last stage of work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#x6)
- At this stage, nobody knew the treasure was gone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#x7)
- The tadpole is the second stage of a frog's life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#x8)
- The stage coach went rattling past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/7/)
- [Musicians' earplugs make sound quieter but still clear, and many musicians wear them on stage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/8/)
- [The stage crew work backstage, often dressed in black so the audience does not notice them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/6/)
- [Theatre can help people understand others' lives; since 2022 many theatres around the world have staged plays by and about Ukrainians.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/13/)
- [Stage fright is very common, even for famous actors; slow deep breaths and good practice help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.