# staged

Pronunciation: say "STAYJD" /steɪd͡ʒd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of stage. — simple past and past participle of stage
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of stage. Use this form for something that already happened or was set up earlier.
   - _The company staged its new production in a small downtown theater._
   - _Activists staged a walkout shortly after the announcement._

## Adjective

2. Planned and prepared in advance rather than happening spontaneously.
   - Simple: Set up or planned ahead of time, not happening by chance.
   - _The whole interview felt staged and tightly rehearsed._
   - _Their staged welcome at the airport fooled nobody._
3. Created to be performed in a theater.
   - Simple: Made to be performed live in a theater.
   - _The novel finally received a staged adaptation last year._
   - _She prefers staged dramas to their filmed counterparts._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/staged (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).