- any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
- the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
💬 Examples
- "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
- "a remarkable degree of frankness"
- "at what stage are the social sciences?"
- "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"