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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

Short broke through in the legendary Toronto staging of “Godspell,” subject of the forthcoming documentary “You Had to Be There.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Our critic raved that “There’s no such thing as a definitive staging of ‘Death of a Salesman,’ but this version ranks as the finest Broadway production of any classic play in many years.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

One served as a "staging path" -- a kind of pit stop to route the agent's activity and cover its tracks -- and another as a place to store data.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Then he opened the door to the staging area, and she blinked at the light and came out, pushing the bags ahead of her.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

Instead, the wows come from good stagings of ordinary action: a car crash, a gripped crucifix, a hideout crowded with jostling, thrumming musical instruments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

But they have reached the final only once in the past five stagings of the tournament, losing to South Africa in Italy last year.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

Brouillard was looking past Cortwright and out through the plate-glass window which commanded a view of the great dam and its network of forms and stagings.

From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde

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• appearance
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• display
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