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| Main Entry: | stage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, produce |
| Synonyms: | bring out, do, engineer, execute, give, mount, open, orchestrate, organize, perform, play, present, put on, show |
| Antonyms: | close |
| Main Entry: | stage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level, period within structure or |
| Synonyms: | degree, division, footing, grade, juncture, lap, leg, length, moment, node, notch, phase, plane, point, rung, standing, status, step, point in time, system date |
| Main Entry: | stage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theater platform; theater life |
| Synonyms: | arena, dais, drama, frame, limelight*, play, scene, scenery, set, setting, show business, spotlight, theater, Broadway, boards, footlights, legit, mise-en-scène, off-Broadway, scaffold, scaffolding, show biz, stage set, staging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chapter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of book or group of items |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, branch, clause, division, episode, member, offshoot, part, period, phase, stage, topic, unit, wing |
| Main Entry: | dramatize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a performance of |
| Synonyms: | act, amplify, burlesque, enact, exaggerate, execute, ham it up*, overdo, overstate, perform, play up, present, produce, show, splash, stage, farcialize, give color to, lay it on, make a production of, melodramatize, play on heartstrings, play to gallery, playact, tragedize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | era |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time period in history |
| Synonyms: | age, cycle, date, day, eon, epoch, generation, stage, term, time, aeon, days |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | floor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bottom of a room; level of a multistory building |
| Synonyms: | basement, canvas, carpet, cellar, deck, flat, flooring, ground, landing, mat, mezzanine, nadir, rug, stage, story, tier, upstairs, boards, downstairs, lowest point |
| Antonyms: | ceiling |
| Main Entry: | frame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeleton, casing |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, architecture, body, build, cage, carcass, construction, enclosure, fabric, flounce, form, framework, fringe, groundwork, hem, mount, outline, physique, scheme, setting, shell, stage, structure, support, system, trim, trimming, truss, mounting, scaffold, scaffolding, valance |
| Main Entry: | gradation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification, step |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, change, degree, difference, distinction, divergence, grade, level, mark, measurement, modification, notch, nuance, place, point, position, progression, rank, scale, sequence, series, shade, stage, succession, variation, calibration, grouping, ordering, sorting |
| Main Entry: | leg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage used for support |
| Synonyms: | brace, column, lap, limb, member, part, pile, pole, portion, post, prop, section, segment, shank, stage, stake, stretch, stump, support, upright, stilt |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locus, stomping ground |
| Main Entry: | phase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period in life of something |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, chapter, condition, development, facet, juncture, point, position, posture, stage, state, step, time |
| Main Entry: | plateau |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level; flat, often high, land |
| Synonyms: | elevation, mesa, plain, stage, table, highland, tableland, upland |
| Main Entry: | podium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure from which speakers orate |
| Synonyms: | dais, platform, pulpit, rostrum, stage, stump*, soapbox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | process |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method; series of actions to achieve result |
| Synonyms: | action, advance, case, course, development, evolution, fashion, formation, growth, manner, means, measure, mechanism, mode, modus operandi, movement, operation, outgrowth, performance, practice, procedure, proceeding, progress, progression, red tape*, routine, rule, stage, step, suit, system, technique, transaction, trial, way, wise, working, channels, course of action, unfolding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pulpit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure from which sermon is given |
| Synonyms: | desk, lectern, platform, podium, rostrum, stage, stump*, soapbox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rung |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | notch, step |
| Synonyms: | bar, board, degree, grade, level, rod, round, stage, tread, crossbar, crosspiece, rundle |
| Main Entry: | show business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the entertainment industry |
| Synonyms: | theater, Broadway, Hollywood, TV industry, entertainment industry, footlights, motion picture industry, movie industry, show biz, television industry, the boards, the bright lights, the footlights, the stage, the theater, theater world |
| Main Entry: | status |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rank |
| Synonyms: | cachet, caliber, capacity, character, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, eminence, footing, grade, merit, mode, place, position, prestige, prominence, quality, rating, renown, situation, stage, standing, state, station, stature, worth |
| Main Entry: | locale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locality, locus, stomping ground |
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