Are you trying to hyphenate stages? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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Any distinct time period in a sequence of events We are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected |
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A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process A remarkable degree of frankness At what stage are the social sciences? |
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A large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience He clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box |
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The theater as a profession (usually `the stage') An early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage |
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A large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns We went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles |
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A section or portion of a journey or course Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise |
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Any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something All the world's a stage--Shakespeare It set the stage for peaceful negotiations |
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A small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination |
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Perform (a play), especially on a stage We are going to stage `Othello' |
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Plan, organize, and carry out (an event) The neighboring tribe staged an invasion |