A phase. / (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.

(transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play. / To demonstrate in a deceptive manner. / (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out. / (transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.

plural of stage

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stage

Planned, prepared. / Intended for the stage as in a theater.

simple past tense and past participle of stage

plural of stageful

As much as a stage will hold.

(obsolete) Suited or related to the stage; theatrical. / Occurring in stages.

In a stagey or theatrical manner. / (proscribed, nonstandard, used by NNES) In stages;