staging

Pluralstagings

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The work of planning and putting on an event.

   Like getting everything ready and set up for a big party.

   The staging of the festival took months of careful planning.

   Local volunteers handled the staging of the charity concert.

   Similarorganization, production, running, planning

2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Arranging things to give a certain look or impression.

   Like setting up a room to look its very best before guests arrive.

   The staging of the living room made the apartment look much bigger.

   Clever staging hid the room's worn carpet from buyers.

   Similararrangement, setup, composition, presentation

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   How the scenery is set up and how actors move on stage.

   Like deciding where everyone stands and what the room looks like for a show.

   The staging of the school play used only a few simple props.

   Bright lights and clever staging made the small stage feel huge.

   Similarblocking, choreography, direction

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4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A show in which a play is performed for an audience.

   Like a live showing of a story acted out in front of people.

   We saw a wonderful staging of the play last night.

   The staging ran for three weeks at the local theater.

   Similarproduction, performance, presentation

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5. 5
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Setting things up so they are ready to work with.

   Like laying out all your supplies before you start a project.

   The staging of ingredients before cooking kept the kitchen running smoothly.

   Proper staging of the parts let the mechanic assemble the engine quickly.

   Similarpreparation, arrangement, organization, setup

6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A frame of posts and boards built to hold up workers on a job.

   Like a wooden platform that workers stand on to reach high places.

   The painters built staging along the front of the house.

   A plank slipped off the staging and fell to the ground.

   Similarscaffolding, scaffold

7. 7
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Sorting a cancer or other disease into levels based on how serious it is.

   Like sorting something into small, medium, or large by how serious it is.

   The staging of her cancer showed it had not spread far.

   Doctors use staging to decide the best treatment.

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8. 8
   noununcountable

   A test setup that copies the real system so changes can be checked safely.

   Like a practice room built to look exactly like the real one.

   They tested the update on staging before the public saw it.

   The bug only showed up on staging, not on the developer's laptop.

   Oppositeproduction

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9. 9
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The work of loading and unloading trucks and other business vehicles.

   Like loading and unloading bags from a bus before it leaves.

   The staging of the trucks took most of the morning.

   Workers handle the staging of every delivery van at the dock.

   Similarloading

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10. 10
    verb

    Present participle and gerund of stage. Use this form for the act of putting something on right now.

    They are staging a protest outside the town hall.

    The crew is staging the next scene right now.

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11. 11
    nouncountable or uncountable

    The business of running stagecoaches for travel and mail.

    Like running a bus company, but with horses and coaches.

    He earned his fortune in staging before the railroad came.

    The staging brought mail and passengers to the frontier town.

12. 12
    nouncountable or uncountable

    Traveling from place to place by stagecoach.

    Like taking a long road trip, but in a horse-drawn coach.

    Staging from town to town took many long, bumpy days.

    She was tired after a week of staging across the plains.

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