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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

Phil became an opera company and Disney an almost fullfledged opera house, staging Mozart’s three Da Ponte operas with sets by famed architects, beginning with Gehry, and costumes by edgy designers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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

Burger chains have been working to elevate their signature sandwiches, with both McDonald’s and Burger King staging overhauls in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

BBC Verify understands that Baltiysk port has been the staging point for several ships exporting military materials to West Africa.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

West Riding, scarcely five miles from the Royal City, was known far and wide as the staging ground for the Royal Hunt — and hunting season had already begun.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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

Argentina have played in all 10 previous editions of the Rugby World Cup, reaching the semi-finals in three of the past five stagings.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Elizabeth Harper’s lighting enlivens the dull palette, but I missed the surreal notes of the South Coast Repertory and Broadway stagings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025

While he was telling it, the roar of another auto rose above the clamor on the stagings and Colonel Baldwin's gray roadster drew up beside the borrowed runabout.

From The Real Man by Francis Lynde

Related Words

• appearance
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• demonstration
• display
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