staging

[ stey-jing ]

/ ˈsteɪ dʒɪŋ /

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noun

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

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

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

the business of running stagecoaches.

the act of traveling by stages or by stagecoach.

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Origin of staging

1275–1325; Middle English (see stage, -ing¹)

Words nearby staging

stag-horn calculus, staghorn coral, staghorn fern, staghorn sumac, staghound, staging, staging area, staging post, Stagira, Stagirite, stag line

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How to use staging in a sentence

Finally, the staging ground at Blair Mountain sets the stage for a worker-rights debate that, especially in the poorest corners of this country, speaks to the rampant unfair conditions facing Americans.
Joe Manchin Faces Protests from the Left at Home in West Virginia|Philip Elliott|August 25, 2021|Time
They’ll act as offshore staging grounds for Starship launch activities, and the name is appropriate because the eventual plan is to have Starship provide transport for both people and goods to and from the red planet.
SpaceX’s first ocean spaceport is being built and will host launches next year|Darrell Etherington|May 31, 2021|TechCrunch
Harry is co-creator and co-executive producer with Winfrey of the Apple TV series and as such would have control of the questions, staging and editing.
Prince Harry tells Oprah Winfrey of his excessive drinking and drug use — and says the royal family made him ‘suffer’ as a child|William Booth|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
The staging and choreography, the ticketing of guests, the timing, and fine points of related ceremonies for various academic units and sub-units are all carefully scripted.
Georgetown University to hold pandemic commencement at Nationals Park|Nick Anderson|April 22, 2021|Washington Post

When I wrote about Soona in 2019, the model focused on staging shoots that can deliver videos and photos in 24 hours or less.
Soona raises $10.2M to make remote photo and video shoots easy|Anthony Ha|April 16, 2021|TechCrunch
Nazi t-shirts are also very popular in Thailand, which is one step away from staging a revival of Springtime For Hitler.
Hitler is Huge in Thailand: Chicken Joints, T-Shirts, and A Govt.-Issued Propaganda Video|Marlow Stern|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The group encompasses Byrne's art-rock solitariness and the dissociation effects in the spare—somewhat Godardian—staging.
The Stacks: Pauline Kael's Talking Heads Obsession|Pauline Kael|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the time, Madonna was staging her first real comeback and she chose videos as her battleground.
David Fincher’s Backseat Feminism|Teo Bugbee|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He goes down to the secure motorcade staging area, looking for a solution.
Behind the Scenes With a ‘Site Agent’: The Secret Service’s Hardest Job|Marc Ambinder|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How about staging large-scale NATO military maneuvers at the border and freezing the assets of the kleptocracy?
This Really Is Obama's Moment of Truth|Jonathan Alter|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From the scenic point of view it interested me greatly, and I was also much impressed by the truly marvellous staging of the work.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
The bridge was constructed in 1888 by the Phoenix Bridge Company, and was erected on staging.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Why, from the class that tried to be clever and bluff the people out of their power by staging this war.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
Superficially the task of staging The Beggars Opera was one of supreme ease.
The Beggar's Opera|John Gay
The little cracked bells of the tiny church have been tinkling and in front of the church is a staging for a tombola.
Polly the Pagan|Isabel Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for staging

staging

/ (ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for staging

C14: from stage + -ing 1

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Medical definitions for staging

staging

[ stā′jĭng ]

The classification of neoplasms according to the extent of the tumor.

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