stage
verb/steɪdʒ/
/steɪdʒ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they stage | /steɪdʒ/ /steɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it stages | /ˈsteɪdʒɪz/ /ˈsteɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple staged | /steɪdʒd/ /steɪdʒd/ |
| past participle staged | /steɪdʒd/ /steɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form staging | /ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- stage something to organize and present a play or an event for people to see
- to stage a play/an event/an exhibition
- The local theatre group is staging a production of ‘Hamlet’.
- Birmingham has bid to stage the next national athletics championships.
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatreb2- They're staging an exhibition in the church hall.
- The museum staged a highly controversial show called 'Sensation'.
- Dublin's bid to stage the 2012 Olympics was unsuccessful.
- Several countries are bidding to stage the tournament.
- The festival is being staged across several venues in August.
- The university drama club began a tradition of staging Shakespeare outside.
- San Francisco Ballet is planning to stage Balanchine's 'Square Dance' this year.
- In 2015 he choreographed and staged the US premiere of the opera.
- The action scenes are all well staged.
- The event was very carefully staged.
- A retrospective of his work was staged at the Venice Biennale.
- The opera was staged at the New National Theater.
- The concert staged in memory of the tragedy was shown on TV.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- elaborately
- well staged
- stage something to organize and take part in action that needs careful planning, especially as a public protest
- to stage a protest/demonstration/rally
- to stage a sit-in/strike/walkout
- Generals staged a coup in 1964, beginning 21 years of military dictatorship.
Extra Examples- Farmers staged a peaceful protest outside the ministry.
- Activists staged a noisy rally outside the court building.
- Hundreds of students stormed the building to stage a sit-in, and were arrested.
- A large peace demonstration was staged in the capital.
- Protests against GMOs have been staged throughout the world.
- They were charged with staging an illegal march.
- Twenty thousand textile workers staged a walkout.
- Transport unions staged a one-day strike.
- Protesters occupied the building and staged a hunger strike.
- Militants staged a surprise raid on the base.
- Police then staged a massive raid on gay clubs, arresting almost 400 people.
- Rebels have staged suicide bombings and other attacks.
- Insurgents staged an ambush.
- stage something to make something happen
- The dollar staged a recovery earlier today.
- After five years in retirement, he staged a comeback to international tennis.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a floor of a building, platform, or stopping place): shortening of Old French estage ‘dwelling’, based on Latin stare ‘to stand’. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent.
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