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stage

Best crossword clue

"Platform for a play"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /steɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aegstStarts with SEnds with E4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A platform for performance; also a phase or part of a process.

Word origin

From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead. Doublet of étage.

Used in a sentence

  • He is in the recovery stage of his illness.
  • Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage.
  • Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society.

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Platform for a play5 letters
02Platform for performers5 letters
03Theater platform5 letters
04Part of a process5 letters

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