staged

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of stage. Use this form for something that already happened or was set up earlier.

   The school staged a play last spring.

   Workers staged a protest outside the building.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Set up or planned ahead of time, not happening by chance.

   Like a surprise party where everyone already knows the plan ahead of time.

   The photo looked staged rather than real.

   They planned a staged surprise for her birthday.

   Similarcontrived, artificial, rehearsed, choreographed, fake

   Oppositespontaneous, unrehearsed, genuine, natural

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3. 3
   adjective

   Made to be performed live in a theater.

   Like a play you watch live on a theater stage instead of on a screen.

   They made a staged version of the famous book.

   The staged show runs every weekend at the local theater.

   Similartheatrical

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