stage

English Thesaurus

1. a section or portion of a journey or course (noun.act)

hypernym	:	travel, traveling, travelling,
definition	:	the act of going from one place to another (noun.act)

hyponym	:	fare-stage,
definition	:	a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same (noun.act)

part meronym	:	journey, journeying,
definition	:	the act of traveling from one place to another (noun.act)

2. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	platform,
definition	:	a raised horizontal surface (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	downstage,
definition	:	the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience) (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	mise en scene, setting, stage setting,
definition	:	arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	apron, forestage, proscenium,
definition	:	the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	theater stage, theatre stage,
definition	:	a stage in a theater on which actors can perform (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	backstage, offstage, wing,
definition	:	a stage area out of sight of the audience (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	upstage,
definition	:	the rear part of the stage (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	right stage, stage right,
definition	:	the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience (noun.location)

part holonym	:	left stage, stage left,
definition	:	the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience (noun.location)

part meronym	:	house, theater, theatre,
definition	:	a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented (noun.artifact)

3. a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	platform,
definition	:	a raised horizontal surface (noun.artifact)

4. a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	coach, coach-and-four, four-in-hand,
definition	:	a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver (noun.artifact)

5. the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre,
definition	:	the art of writing and producing plays (noun.communication)

6. any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something (noun.location)

hypernym	:	scene,
definition	:	the place where some action occurs (noun.location)

7. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process (noun.state)

hypernym	:	state,
definition	:	the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	ladder,
definition	:	ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress (noun.state)

hyponym	:	acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top,
definition	:	the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development (noun.state)

hyponym	:	extent,
definition	:	the point or degree to which something extends (noun.state)

hyponym	:	end point, resultant,
definition	:	the final point in a process (noun.state)

hyponym	:	standard of life, standard of living,
definition	:	a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group (noun.state)

hyponym	:	plane,
definition	:	a level of existence or development (noun.state)

hyponym	:	state of the art,
definition	:	the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time (noun.state)

hyponym	:	ultimacy, ultimateness,
definition	:	the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, (noun.state)

hyponym	:	quickening,
definition	:	the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus (noun.state)

hyponym	:	climax,
definition	:	the most severe stage of a disease (noun.state)

8. any distinct time period in a sequence of events (noun.time)

hypernym	:	period, period of time, time period,
definition	:	an amount of time (noun.time)

hyponym	:	diakinesis,
definition	:	the final stage of the prophase of meiosis (noun.process)

hyponym	:	diplotene,
definition	:	the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis (noun.process)

hyponym	:	leptotene,
definition	:	the first stage of the prophase of meiosis (noun.process)

hyponym	:	pachytene,
definition	:	the third stage of the prophase of meiosis (noun.process)

hyponym	:	phase of cell division,
definition	:	a stage in meiosis or mitosis (noun.process)

hyponym	:	zygotene,
definition	:	the second stage of the prophase of meiosis (noun.process)

hyponym	:	anal phase, anal stage,
definition	:	(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned (noun.time)

hyponym	:	genital phase, genital stage,
definition	:	(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity (noun.time)

hyponym	:	latency period, latency phase, latency stage,
definition	:	(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities (noun.time)

hyponym	:	oral phase, oral stage,
definition	:	(psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting (noun.time)

hyponym	:	phallic phase, phallic stage,
definition	:	(psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure (noun.time)

hyponym	:	chapter,
definition	:	any distinct period in history or in a person's life (noun.time)

hyponym	:	incubation,
definition	:	(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear (noun.time)

hyponym	:	fertile period, fertile phase,
definition	:	the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation) (noun.time)

hyponym	:	menstrual phase,
definition	:	the phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day 1 of the menstrual cycle) (noun.time)

hyponym	:	musth,
definition	:	an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear (noun.time)

hyponym	:	luteal phase, secretory phase,
definition	:	the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins (noun.time)

hyponym	:	generation,
definition	:	a stage of technological development or innovation (noun.time)

hyponym	:	apogee, culmination,
definition	:	a final climactic stage (noun.time)

hyponym	:	seedtime,
definition	:	any time of new development (noun.time)

hyponym	:	safe period,
definition	:	that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation) (noun.time)

9. plan, organize, and carry out (an event) (verb.creation)

hypernym	:	initiate, pioneer,
definition	:	take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of (verb.creation)

hyponym	:	dogfight,
definition	:	arrange for an illegal dogfight (verb.creation)

hyponym	:	tee up,
definition	:	make detailed arrangements or preparations (verb.creation)

hyponym	:	phase,
definition	:	arrange in phases or stages (verb.creation)

10. perform (a play), especially on a stage (verb.creation)

hypernym	:	re-create,
definition	:	create anew (verb.creation)

hyponym	:	localise, localize, place, set,
definition	:	locate (verb.creation)

domain category	:	performing arts,
definition	:	arts or skills that require public performance (noun.cognition)

11. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	present, represent, stage, present, represent, stage,
definition	:	perform (a play), especially on a stage (verb.creation)

12. the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') (noun.communication)

derivation	:	stagey, stagy,
definition	:	having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality (adj.all)

13. any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something (noun.location)

derivation	:	arrange, stage,
definition	:	plan, organize, and carry out (an event) (verb.creation)

14. any distinct time period in a sequence of events (noun.time)

derivation	:	phase,
definition	:	arrange in phases or stages (verb.creation)

15. plan, organize, and carry out (an event) (verb.creation)

derivation	:	stage,
definition	:	any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something (noun.location)

derivation	:	stage manager, stager,
definition	:	someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed (noun.person)

16. perform (a play), especially on a stage (verb.creation)

derivation	:	demonstration, presentation, presentment,
definition	:	a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view (noun.act)

derivation	:	stage,
definition	:	a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	histrionics, representation, theatrical, theatrical performance,
definition	:	a performance of a play (noun.communication)

derivation	:	stage,
definition	:	the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') (noun.communication)

derivation	:	staging, theatrical production,
definition	:	the production of a drama on the stage (noun.communication)

derivation	:	stage manager, stager,
definition	:	someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed (noun.person)

17. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	present, represent, stage, present, represent, stage,
definition	:	perform (a play), especially on a stage (verb.creation)

18. the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') (noun.communication)

derivation	:	stagey, stagy,
definition	:	having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality (adj.all)

19. any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something (noun.location)

derivation	:	arrange, stage,
definition	:	plan, organize, and carry out (an event) (verb.creation)

20. any distinct time period in a sequence of events (noun.time)

derivation	:	phase,
definition	:	arrange in phases or stages (verb.creation)

21. plan, organize, and carry out (an event) (verb.creation)

derivation	:	stage,
definition	:	any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something (noun.location)

derivation	:	stage manager, stager,
definition	:	someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed (noun.person)

22. perform (a play), especially on a stage (verb.creation)

derivation	:	demonstration, presentation, presentment,
definition	:	a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view (noun.act)

derivation	:	stage,
definition	:	a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	histrionics, representation, theatrical, theatrical performance,
definition	:	a performance of a play (noun.communication)

derivation	:	stage,
definition	:	the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') (noun.communication)

derivation	:	staging, theatrical production,
definition	:	the production of a drama on the stage (noun.communication)

derivation	:	stage manager, stager,
definition	:	someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed (noun.person)

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