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1stage-manage — stage manages, stage managing, stage managed VERB (disapproval) If someone stage manages an event, they carefully organize and control it, rather than letting it happen in a natural way. [V n] Some radicals may oppose him in protest at the… …
2stage-manage — [stāj′man΄ij] vt. stage managed, stage managing [back form. < STAGE MANAGER] 1. to serve as stage manager for 2. to arrange with dramatic effect, esp. as if from behind the scenes stage management n …
3stage-man|age — «STAYJ MAN ihj», transitive verb, aged, ag|ing. 1. to arrange with a view to dramatic effect; supervise the details of closely: »to stage manage a Christmas party. But the hours of waiting had their own theatrical shape, a prologue of high… …
4stage-manage — v [T] to organize a public event, such as a meeting, in a way that will give you the result that you want often used to show disapproval ▪ The press conference was cleverly stage managed …
5stage-manage — /stayj man ij/, v., stage managed, stage managing. v.t. 1. to work as a stage manager for: When he wasn t acting, he stage managed a repertory theater. 2. to arrange or stage in order to produce a theatrical or spectacular effect: The clients… …
6stage-manage — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: back formation from stage manager 1. a. : to arrange or exhibit with an eye to striking effect prewar pageantry, pictorially beautiful and brilliantly stage managed Mollie Panter Downes b. : to arrange or …
7stage-manage — UK / US verb Word forms stage manage : present tense I/you/we/they stage manage he/she/it stage manages present participle stage managing past tense stage managed past participle stage managed 1) [transitive] to organize an event such as a… …
8stage-manage — /ˈsteɪdʒ mænɪdʒ/ (say stayj manij) verb (t) (stage managed, stage managing) 1. to superintend the performance of (a play) and regulate the stage arrangements. 2. to contrive unobtrusively to produce (a particular response), as at a political… …
9Managed motorways in the United Kingdom — Managed motorways are motorways with technology to allow variable speed limits to be applied and hard shoulder running. Contents 1 History 1.1 Background 1.2 In use 1.2.1 Expansion …
10stage design — Aesthetic composition of a dramatic production as created by lighting, scenery, costumes, and sound. While elements such as painted screens and wheeled platforms were used in the Greek theatre of the 4th century BC, most innovations in stage… …