stage

n

1. level, echelon, stratum; place, position, station, status, standing, rank.

2. platform, rostrum, dais, podium, pulpit, estrade, scaffold, Inf. soapbox, Fig. stump; thrust stage, picture-frame stage, proscenium stage, (in ancient Greek and Roman theater) scene.

3. the stage

show business, Inf. show biz; drama, the theater, the footlights, the boards.

4. site, scene of action, arena, field, ground; setting, milieu, background, backdrop, locale, frame, Fr. mise en scene.

5. juncture, point, period, time, moment, hour, day, season.

v

6. present, produce, mount, put on; block, block out; act, perform