/steɪd͡ʒ/
noun
A phase.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.A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.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.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.A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.verb
To produce on a stage, to perform a play.To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.To orchestrate; to carry out.To place in position to prepare for use.To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to