stage : Idioms & Phrases

• noun (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
  anal phase.
  

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• noun a position of prominence or importance
  center stage.
  
• noun the central area on a theater stage
  center stage.
  

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• noun a position of prominence or importance
  center stage.
  
• noun the central area on a theater stage
  center stage.
  

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• noun a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same
  

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• noun the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
  last; end.
  
  • the end was exciting
  • I had to miss the last of the movie

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• noun (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity
  genital phase.
  

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• noun platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded
  

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• a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage.

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• noun (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
  latency period; latency phase.
  

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• noun the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience
  left stage.
  

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• noun a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
  stage.
  

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• noun (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting
  oral phase.
  

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• noun a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
  bandstand; stand.
  

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• noun (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure
  phallic phase.
  

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• noun the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience
  right stage.
  

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• a stage used in building stacks.

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• a box close to the stage in a theater.

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• noun incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
  business; byplay.
  
  • his business with the cane was hilarious

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• a stagecoach.

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• noun crew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical production
  

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• noun a show involving artistic dancing
  choreography.
  

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• verb direct for the stage
  

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• noun an instruction written as part of the script of a play
  

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• noun someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a stage show
  

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• noun an entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel
  

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• the actor's and workmen's entrance to a theater.

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• noun a special effect created on the stage
  

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• noun fear that affects a person about to face an audience
  

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• noun the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience
  left stage.
  

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• the lights by which the stage in a theater is illuminated.

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• noun someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
  stager.
  

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• a graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object.

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• noun the pseudonym of an actor
  

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• [Colloq.] stage n. 10.

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• noun the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience
  right stage.
  

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• noun representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
  set.
  
  • the sets were meticulously authentic

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• noun arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
  setting; mise en scene.
  

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• noun an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
  stagehand.
  

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• a wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods.

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• noun a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast
  

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• a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside.

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• adjective satellite infatuated with or enthralled by the theater especially the desire to act
  

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Stage"-struck` adjective

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1. Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.

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• verb attract attention onto oneself
  take stage.
  

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• verb attract attention onto oneself
  take stage.
  

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• noun a stage in a theater on which actors can perform
  theater stage.
  

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• noun a stage in a theater on which actors can perform
  theater stage.
  

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• noun a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
  

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• to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.

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