stage

a section or portion of a journey or course

“then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise”

a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience

“he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box”

a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination

a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns

“we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles”

the theater as a profession (usually ‘the stage’)

“an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage”

any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something

“{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': "All the world's a stage"}”

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

“a remarkable degree of frankness”

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

“we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected”

plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

“the neighboring tribe staged an invasion”

perform (a play), especially on a stage

“we are going to stage ‘Othello’”