stages
Because it is a word with a single syllable, stages is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofstages
- A phase.
Example: "Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage."
- A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
Example: "The band returned to the stage to play an encore."
- 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.
Example: "The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies."
- 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.
Example: "a stage of ten miles"
- The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
Example: "a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter"
- The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
Example: "He placed the slide on the stage."
- A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
Synonyms: level
Example: "How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage?"
- 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.
- To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
Example: "The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice"."
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
Example: "The salesman's demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective."
- To orchestrate; to carry out.
Example: "A protest will be staged in the public square on Monday."
- To place in position to prepare for use.
Example: "We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag."
- To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
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