(~s, staging, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ of an activity, process, or period is one part of it.
The way children talk about or express their feelings depends on their age and ~ of development...
Mr Cook has arrived in Greece on the final ~ of a tour which also included Egypt and Israel.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
2.
In a theatre, the ~ is an area where actors or other entertainers perform.
I went on ~ and did my show.
N-COUNT: also on N
3.
You can refer to acting and the production of plays in a theatre as the ~.
He was the first comedian I ever saw on the ~.
N-SING: the N
4.
If someone ~s a play or other show, they organize and present a performance of it.
Maya Angelou first ~d the play ‘And I Still Rise’ in the late 1970s.
= put on
VERB: V n
5.
If you ~ an event or ceremony, you organize it and usually take part in it.
Russian workers have ~d a number of strikes in protest at the republic’s declaration of independence...
= hold
VERB: V n
6.
You can refer to a particular area of activity as a particular ~, especially when you are talking about politics.
He was finally forced off the political ~ last year by the deterioration of his physical condition...
= arena
N-SING: usu supp N
7.
to set the ~: see set