Definition of "Stage" :

noun: a section or portion of a journey or course

"Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise."

noun: 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."

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

noun: 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."

noun: the theater as a profession (usually the stage')

"An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage."

noun: any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something

"All the world's a stage."

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

"At what stage are the social sciences?."

noun: 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."

verb: plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

"The neighboring tribe staged an invasion."

verb: perform (a play), especially on a stage

"We are going to stage Othello'."