a section or portion of a journey or course | a concluding action |
a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience | the decisive moment in a novel or play |
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns | (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon |
a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination | a final climactic stage |
the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') | |
any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something | |
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | |
any distinct time period in a sequence of events | |