American English pronunciation
How to pronounce staging
IPA transcription: [s'teɪdʒɪŋ]
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Noun
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the production of a drama on the stage
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a system of scaffolds
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travel by stagecoach
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getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket
Verb
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perform (a play), especially on a stage
“we are going to stage `Othello'”
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plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
“the neighboring tribe staged an invasion”
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watch, observe, or inquire secretly
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give away information about somebody
“He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam”
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attend a dance or a party without a female companion
Usage examples
- The city has the right to relocate the staging area if redevelopment becomes available.
- At Wanda's insistence, Archie recovers the pendant by staging a burglary.
- They placate world opinion by staging rigged elections.
- They asserted that it was unrealistic to accuse her of staging a crime scene.
- The re-staging, directed by Judith Malina, won Obie Awards for Direction and Ensemble Performance.
- It served as the staging ground for the city's funeral procession for Abraham Lincoln.
- After leaving the school, Wayburn spent many years in theater staging shows for producers.
- This included staging false attacks on themselves using innocent people or concentration camp prisoners.
- The staging of head and neck cancer includes a classification for nodal disease.
- For many decades, the village has been famous locally for staging plays.