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stage

noun
  1. a section or portion of a journey or course
    “Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise.”
    leg
  2. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
    “I clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help me into the box.”
  3. a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
    “I placed the slide onto the stage of the microscope.”
    microscope stage
  4. 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.”
    stagecoach
  5. the theater as a profession, usually 'the stage'
    “An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage.”
  6. any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
    “The city street is the stage for many arguments.”
  7. a specific identifiable position in a continuum, series, or especially in a process
    “The fourth stage in the manufacture of lamps requires argon.”
    level
  8. 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.”
    phase
verb
  1. to plan, organize, and carry out an event
    “The neighboring tribe staged an invasion.”
    arrange
  2. to perform a play, especially on a stage
    “We are going to stage Othello.”
    present
  3. to intern at a restaurant, usually as a chef, to learn new techniques
    “I staged at the French Laundry.”