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      stages
      noun
      A phase.
      (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
      (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
      A floor or storey of a house.
      A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
      A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
      A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers; the service that such coaches provide; a company that operates such service.
      (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
      The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
      (video games) A level; one of the areas making up the game.
      A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
      (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
      (Canada, Quebec) An internship.
      The notional space within which stereo sounds are positioned, determining where they will appear to come from when played back.
      (metonymic, uncountable, with "the") The profession of an actor.
      (cooking) An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.
      A surname.
      (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station, way station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
      (dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.
      verb
      (transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
      To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
      (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out.
      (transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.
      (transitive, medicine) To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
      (astronautics) To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
      (intransitive, Canada, US) To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter.
      (intransitive, cooking) To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
      Roots
      stostag- · Latin · stand
      Words related to stages
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