any distinct time period in a sequence of events
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
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
a section or portion of a journey or course
a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.
