Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stage
Participle: staged
Gerund: staging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stage |
| you | stage |
| he;she;it | stages |
| we | stage |
| you | stage |
| they | stage |
Perfect
| I | have staged |
| you | have staged |
| he;she;it | has staged |
| we | have staged |
| you | have staged |
| they | have staged |
Past
| I | staged |
| you | staged |
| he;she;it | staged |
| we | staged |
| you | staged |
| they | staged |
Pluperfect
| I | had staged |
| you | had staged |
| he;she;it | had staged |
| we | had staged |
| you | had staged |
| they | had staged |
Future
| I | will stage |
| you | will stage |
| he;she;it | will stage |
| we | will stage |
| you | will stage |
| they | will stage |
Future Perfect
| I | will have staged |
| you | will have staged |
| he;she;it | will have staged |
| we | will have staged |
| you | will have staged |
| they | will have staged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stage |
| you | stage |
| he;she;it | stage |
| we | stage |
| you | stage |
| they | stage |
Perfect
| I | have staged |
| you | have staged |
| he;she;it | have staged |
| we | have staged |
| you | have staged |
| they | have staged |
Imperfect
| I | staged |
| you | staged |
| he;she;it | staged |
| we | staged |
| you | staged |
| they | staged |
Pluperfect
| I | had staged |
| you | had staged |
| he;she;it | had staged |
| we | had staged |
| you | had staged |
| they | had staged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stage |
| you | would stage |
| he;she;it | would stage |
| we | would stage |
| you | would stage |
| they | would stage |
Perfect
| I | would have staged |
| you | would have staged |
| he;she;it | would have staged |
| we | would have staged |
| you | would have staged |
| they | would have staged |
Imperative
| you | stage |
| we | Let's stage |
| you | stage |
Verbs conjugated like 'stage'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stage'
sage,
stag,
stake,
stale,
stare,
state,
stave,
suage,
swage,
age,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead. Doublet of étage. See: Old French '
ester'.
Sample Sentences
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The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
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The salesman's demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
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to stage a house or flat
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The workers staged a strike.
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A protest will be staged in the public square on Monday.
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They wanted to put in a new government, so they staged a coup.
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But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash. [1955 February, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 79:]
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We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
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to stage data to be written at a later time
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One method of documenting a wound is as follows: (1) stage the ulcer, time present, setting where occurred; (2) describe the location anatomically; (3) measure ulcer in centimeters (length × width × base); […] [2010, Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, Kenneth Woodhouse, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, page 940:]
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In Kerbal Space Program, you stage away used-up parts of your rocket by hitting the spacebar.