Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stage \Stage\, n. [OF. estage, F. ['e]tage, (assumed) LL.
   staticum, from L. stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf.
   {Static}.]
   1. A floor or story of a house. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

   2. An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play
      be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.

   3. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work,
      or the like; a scaffold; a staging.

   4. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.

   5. The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the
      playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing
      dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.

Stage \Stage\, v. t.
   To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display
   publicly. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

stage
     n 1: 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" [syn: {phase}]
     2: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or
        especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of
        frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn:
         {degree}, {level}, {point}]
     3: a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen
        by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got
        the actors to help him into the box"
     4: the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early
        movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the
        contemporary stage"
     5: any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing
        something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set
        the stage for peaceful negotiations"
     6: 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" [syn: {stagecoach}]
     7: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we
        embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
        [syn: {leg}]
     8: a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is
        mounted for examination [syn: {microscope stage}]

stage
     v 1: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to
          stage `Othello'" [syn: {present}, {represent}]
     2: plan, organize, and carry out (an event) [syn: {bring about},
         {arrange}]