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.

1. A scaffolding which is used only for a short time: The platforms, or stagings, at the theater provided the workers enough support to repair the lighting needed for the ceiling for the performance that night.
2. The enterprise of operating, managing, and running stagecoaches: Sam decided to go into staging in the ghost town for the tourists who go there regularly on holiday.
3. The styling of a piece of property for sale: The staging of a home to make it look more attractive has become a real vogue in some countries and can help an owner to sell his or her house at a higher price than otherwise.
4. The process of putting on a play or drama on stage: The originality and dramatic staging of the show impressed the audience so much that they gave the actors a standing ovation!