stages

• plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
• a section or portion of a journey or course
• a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
• any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• perform (a play), especially on a stage
• a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
• the theater as a profession (usually ´the stage´)
• a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
• any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something

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