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Definition of stage-manage verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stage-manage

verb
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒ/
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stage-manage
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒ/
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒ/
he / she / it stage-manages
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒɪz/
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒɪz/
past simple stage-managed
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒd/
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒd/
past participle stage-managed
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒd/
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒd/
-ing form stage-managing
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒɪŋ/
 
/ˌsteɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒɪŋ/
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  1. stage-manage something to act as stage manager for a performance in a theatre
  2. stage-manage something to arrange and carefully plan an event that the public will see, especially in order to give a particular impression
    • The entire sequence of events was stage-managed by the government.
See stage-manage in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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