1. A certain part or phase of an activity or process: Little Susi was 3 years old and at the stage of putting up a fuss each time her parents told her to go to bed in the evening.
2. The area where performers act or play: Grace was very nervous when she walked on to the stage to play her violin in a recital for the parents of the student soloists.
3. The production of theatrical drama in a theater: Mary thought her son was much too young to be acting regularly in plays and musicals on stage.
4. A section or part of a trip or course: The passengers on the ship entered the first stage of their trip after leaving the port in Bremerhaven.

1. To perform a drama or play: The high school students will stage or put on "My Fair Lady" the following week.
2. To present something in a misleading or deceiving way: The door-to-door salesman staged the new vacuum cleaner to make it seem to be better than all the others offered at the shops.
3. To organize an event and to take part in it: A parade was staged for the community every year at the beginning of spring.