stage (noun)

  • 101ˈstage ˌmanager — noun [C] someone who is in charge of the practical arrangements for a play or other show …

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  • 102stage dancing — noun a show involving artistic dancing • Syn: ↑choreography • Hypernyms: ↑dancing, ↑dance, ↑terpsichore, ↑saltation, ↑show • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 103stage micrometer — noun : a finely divided scale ruled on a microscope slide and used to calibrate the filar micrometer …

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  • 104stage space — noun : the effect especially in painting of a view limited by a complete block after a very short distance compare deep space …

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  • 105stage wagon — noun : a wagon used as a stagecoach especially formerly in thinly settled areas …

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  • 106stage wait — noun : a marked and usually awkward break in the continuity of the action during a theatrical performance * * * Theat. an unintentional pause during a performance, usually caused by a performer s or stagehand s missing a cue. [1860 65] …

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  • 107center stage — noun 1. a position of prominence or importance • Syn: ↑centre stage • Hypernyms: ↑high status 2. the central area on a theater stage • Syn: ↑centre stage • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 108thrust stage — noun a theater stage that extends out into the audience s part of a theater and has seats on three sides • Hypernyms: ↑theater stage, ↑theatre stage * * * noun Etymology: thrust, past participle of thrust (I) : a stage surrounded on three sides… …

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  • 109stage — stage1 [ steıdʒ ] noun *** 1. ) count the part of a theater where the actors or musicians perform: take/leave the stage (=come onto/go off the stage): The musicians didn t take the stage until after ten o clock. on stage: They had now been on… …

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  • 110stage — A partition of the software effort that is of a manageable size and that represents a meaningful and measurable set of related tasks performed by the project. Usually considered a subdivision of a software life cycle and is often ended with a… …

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