stage

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

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

a remarkable degree of frankness

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

perform (a play), especially on a stage

we are going to stage `Othello'

the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')

an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage