| Stage (n.) A floor or story of a house. |
| Stage (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like. |
| Stage (n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like |
| Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. |
| Stage (n.) The floor for scenic performances |
| Stage (n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited |
| Stage (n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope. |
| Stage (n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road |
| Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in a journey |
| Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result. |
| stage / leg a section or portion of a journey or course, "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" |
| fare-stage a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same |
| stage dancing / choreography a show involving artistic dancing |
| business stage business / byplay incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect, "his business with the cane was hilarious" |
| bandstand / outdoor stage / stand a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air |
| landing stage platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded |
| mise en scene / stage setting / setting arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
| stage 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" |
| stage microscope stage a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination |
| stagecoach / stage 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" |