staging

[stey-jing]

noun

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.

staging

/ ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of staging¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of staging¹

C14: from _stage + _-ing ¹

Example Sentences

The production that opened Sunday at the Mark Taper Forum, its last stop of a multi-city tour, is directed by Whitney White, who received a Tony nomination for the Broadway staging.

From Los Angeles Times

The goal for the first year is to simply break even, as Niimura jokes that she doesn’t yet know the final cost of staging a festival.

From Los Angeles Times

He kept Ali out of prison, got him a fight in Canada and sweet-talked a few other venues into staging Ali fights.

From Los Angeles Times

In my final week, a new activity leader began staging music concerts and playing the mandolin in the lounges, to the great joy of some residents.

From BBC

He also dreams of staging fights in Saudi Arabia as part of the lucrative Riyadh Season.

From BBC

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