(sports) the stage of a competition where teams in the same group play each other, usually before the knockout stage.

Alternative form of offstage

Alternative form of offstage

Alternative form of offstage

Alternative form of sage on the stage

(education, sometimes mildly derogatory) An educator, especially at the postsecondary level, who imparts knowledge by lecturing to an audience; the method of imparting knowledge used by such an educator.

plural of stage manager

A floating platform attached at one end to a wharf so as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage.

stagecoach

(obsolete) A wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods.