STAGE

Any distinct time period in a sequence of events

Example: "We are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"

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

Example: "A remarkable degree of frankness"

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

Example: "He clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"

The theater as a profession (usually `the stage')

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

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

Example: "We went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"

A section or portion of a journey or course

Example: "Then we embarked on the second stage of our caribbean cruise"

Any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something

Example: "All the world's a stage"

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