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staging
n. scaffolding; process of producing a play; in-flight detachment of a section from a multi-stage rocket
 
stage
v. perform, present; carry out, execute


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Staging
Staging may refer to:Staging (rocketry)Cancer stagingStaging (theatre)Staging (stagecoaches)Staging area, an area used to prepare a military mission or a warStaging (websites)Disk stagingHome staging, preparing a residence for sale in real estateStaging, the process of aligning cars on the starting line in drag racing
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staging
Noun
1. the production of a drama on the stage
(synonym) theatrical production
(hypernym) production
(hyponym) coup de theatre
(derivation) stage, present, represent
2. a system of scaffolds
(synonym) scaffolding
(hypernym) system
(part-meronym) scaffold
3. travel by stagecoach
(hypernym) travel, traveling, travelling
4. getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket
(hypernym) discard, throwing away

 
stage
Noun
1. any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
(synonym) phase
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) diakinesis
2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
(synonym) degree, level, point
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) ladder
3. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
(hypernym) platform
(hyponym) mise en scene, stage setting, setting
(part-holonym) theater, theatre, house
(part-meronym) stage right, right stage
(derivation) present, represent
4. the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"
(hypernym) dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
(derivation) present, represent
5. any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"
(hypernym) scene
(derivation) bring about, arrange
6. a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"
(synonym) stagecoach
(hypernym) coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four
7. a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
(synonym) leg
(hypernym) travel, traveling, travelling
(hyponym) fare-stage
(part-holonym) journey, journeying
8. a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
(synonym) microscope stage
(hypernym) platform
Verb
1. perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"
(synonym) present, represent
(hypernym) re-create
(hyponym) set, localize, localise, place
(classification) performing arts
2. plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
(synonym) bring about, arrange
(hypernym) initiate, pioneer
(hyponym) dogfight


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Staging
(n.)
The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.
  
 
(n.)
A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
  

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Staging
Doing exams and tests to learn the extent of a cancer, especially whether it has spread from its original site to other parts of the body.

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