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staged

staged
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [steyjd]
    • /steɪdʒd/
    • /steɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [steyjd]
    • /steɪdʒd/

Definitions of staged word

  • adjective staged adapted for or produced on the stage. 1
  • adjective staged contrived for a desired impression: It was a staged, rather than spontaneous, demonstration of affection. 1
  • adjective staged occurring or planned to occur in stages: a staged increase in wages. 1
  • noun staged a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series. 1
  • noun staged a raised platform or floor, as for speakers, performers, etc. 1
  • noun staged Theater. the platform on which the actors perform in a theater. this platform with all the parts of the theater and all the apparatus back of the proscenium. 1
See all 31 definitions of staged

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Origin of staged

First appearance:

before 1560
One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1560-70; stage + -ed3

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Staged

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Staged

staged popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

staged usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for staged

adj staged

  • campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
  • campy — Campy means the same as camp.
  • hamer — Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
  • hammy — characteristic of a person who overacts.

verb staged

  • emblematized — Simple past tense and past participle of emblematize.
  • gave — simple past tense of give.
  • melodramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of melodramatize.

noun staged

  • hopped — to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
  • lapped — (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.

adjective staged

  • operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
All 10 Synonyms of staged

Related words

  • drama therapy

    a type of psychotherapy encouraging patients to use dramatic techniques to deal with emotional and psychological problems.

  • field exercise

    a military exercise in which mock warfare is staged between two forces.

  • mud-wrestling

    wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.

  • pseudo-event

    an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.

  • sit-in

    any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises: Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office.

  • unprofessional

    not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
All related words to staged

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