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• present participle of stage.

staging

American  

[stey-jing] / ˈsteɪ dʒɪŋ /

noun

• stagings
  plural

1. the act, process, or manner of presenting a play on the stage.

2. a temporary platform or structure of posts and boards for support, as in building; scaffolding.

3. home staging.

4. Rocketry. the in-flight separation of a rocket stage from the remaining stages of a multistage missile or launch vehicle.

5. the business of running stagecoaches.

6. the act of traveling by stages or by stagecoach.

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staging British  

/ ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ /

noun

1. any temporary structure used in the process of building, esp the horizontal platforms supported by scaffolding

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• stagings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of staging

1275–1325; Middle English ( see stage, -ing ¹)

Explanation

Staging is a set of raised platforms used in a theatrical production. Construction workers also use staging to support them as they repair the outside of a building. In plays and film the word staging can be used for the scaffolding that physically supports scenery and actors — and also for the process of presenting a work theatrically. This kind of staging involves modifying and designing a space, preparing it for a play. Preparing a house in order to sell it is also a kind of staging. If you're an astronomer, you probably use this noun to mean employing many engines, in separate stages, to launch a rocket.

Example Sentences

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staging stagings

The refreshingly traditional staging of the tragicomedy at the Delacorte Theater stars Raúl Esparza and Lily Rabe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Martin has spoken about a Shakespearean influence on his writing, and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre was a fitting venue for the play’s debut, which felt grand in scope and staging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Microsoft is staging an artificial-intelligence comeback that could power the stock to new highs, some on Wall Street believe.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Opponents are surrounded by the bright lights and dramatic staging of the event but given headphones playing white noise to help them focus, Oliver said.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

They arrested the four men, brought them to the staging ground, handed them to the authorities there.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The summer program features the American debut of Tobias Picker’s “Lili Elbe” alongside satisfying stagings of “Rodelinda,” “The Magic Flute,” “Eugene Onegin” and “Madama Butterfly.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Such sites post year-round updates and analysis of contestants, stagings, voting predictions and rehearsals from selection shows right up to the grand final.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

"Not conforming to these stagings can be perceived as a lack of love or romance."

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

The most memorable productions may have involved classics of one kind or another, but these works were reborn in stagings that refused to play it safe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024

Here and there Indian villages were passed and Indian graveyards, with flags flying from the stagings, raised six or eight feet from the ground, on which reposed the deceased.

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis

Related Words

• appearance
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• display
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