a section or portion of a journey or course | the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale |
a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept |
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns | the visual percept of a region |
a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination | a subdivision of an act of a play or performance |
the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') | a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film |
any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something | an incident (real or imaginary) |
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | the place where some action occurs |
any distinct time period in a sequence of events | the context and environment in which something is set |
| a situation treated as an observable object |
| a display of bad temper |