Meaning

18 senses
  1. A phase.

    He is in the recovery stage of his illness.

    Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage.

    Stufe, Etappe

    ста́дияstádija, фа́заfáza, эта́пetáp

    ста́діяstádija, фа́заfáza, ета́пetáp

  2. (broadly)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.

  3. A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.

    The band returned to the stage to play an encore.

    Bühne, Brettl

    сце́наscéna, подмо́сткиpodmóstki, эстра́даestráda

    сце́наscéna, підмо́сткиpidmóstky, естра́даestráda

  4. A floor or storey of a house.

  5. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.

  6. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.

  7. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers; the service that such coaches provide; a company that operates such service.

    The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.

    In the 1880s he ran a stage that connected various interior towns with the coastal port.

  8. (dated)A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station, way station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.

  9. (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.

    a stage of ten miles

    эта́пetáp

  10. The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.

    a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter

    ступе́ньstupénʹ

  11. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.

    He placed the slide on the stage.

    предме́тный сто́ликpredmétnyj stólik

    a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination

  12. A level; one of the areas making up the game.

    How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage?

Examples

504 sentences
  1. It doesn't matter at this stage.

    На цій стадії це не має значення.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Have you ever heard her sing on stage?

    Ти коли-небудь чув, як вона співає на сцені?

    ruТы когда-нибудь слышал её пение на сцене?

    deHaben Sie sie je auf der Bühne singen hören?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. The man dancing on the stage is my uncle.

    Чоловік, що танцює на сцені, — мій дядько.

    ruМужчина, что танцует на сцене, — мой дядя.

    deDer Mann, der auf der Bühne tanzt, ist mein Onkel.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. How young were you when you first started singing on stage?

    Наскільки молодим ви були, коли вперше почали співати на сцені?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. I fell off the stage.

    Я впав зі сцени.

    ruЯ упала со сцены.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
phase:
in theatre:
in geology:
Русский
By meaning 6
short for stagecoach:
phase:
in theatre:
number of an electronic circuit’s block:
place on a microscope:
in geology:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
phase:
in theatre:

Origin

From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situati

From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead. Doublet of étage.

Borrowed from French stage (“internship”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: stages
Singularstage

uncountable

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a section or portion of a journey or course:leg
  • a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination:microscope stage
  • a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns:stagecoach
  • any distinct time period in a sequence of events:phase
  • a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process:degreelevelpoint

Word family

121 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • on the stage
  • off the stage
  • goes on stage

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stage — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto