STAGE
What does "STAGE" mean?
A raised platform on which performers act, or a distinct step in a process.
Meanings
- A raised floor or platform for performances or speeches. She stepped onto the stage to a wall of applause.
- A point, period, or step in a process or development. The disease was caught at an early stage.
- To organize and present a performance or event. The students staged a protest outside the dean's office.
- A section of a rocket that fires and then separates. The first stage fell away two minutes after liftoff. technical
Did you know?
- The theatrical and the developmental senses share one root: Latin 'stare', to stand, gave Old French 'estage', a standing-place, which split into both 'a platform to stand on' and 'a point one stands at in a process'.
Word origin
From Old French 'estage', meaning a story of a building or a standing place, from Vulgar Latin 'staticum', a place for standing, from Latin 'stare' (to stand).
Remember it
Every STAGE is a place to STAnd - and the word literally grew from Latin for 'to stand'.
A little poem
The lights find her; the dark rooms hold their breath.
One small lit square, and the whole world leans in-
every great thing first asks for a place to stand.
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Wordplay
- My therapist said I was going through a stage. I said yes, several actually - I'm a multi-stage rocket.
What it teaches
Every process is a series of stages; you don't have to finish the play to honor the act you're in.
Quick facts
What does STAGE mean?
A raised platform on which performers act, or a distinct step in a process.
Is STAGE a valid word?
Yes — STAGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STAGE?
STAGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STAGE come from?
From Old French 'estage', meaning a story of a building or a standing place, from Vulgar Latin 'staticum', a place for standing, from Latin 'stare' (to stand).
What can STAGE teach us?
Every process is a series of stages; you don't have to finish the play to honor the act you're in.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.