a floor or story of a house.-an elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.-a floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.-a platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.-the floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.-a place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs.-the platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. see illust. of microscope.-a place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.-a degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles.-a degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.-a large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus.-one of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.-to exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.