staging

[ stey-jing ]

noun

1. the act, process, or manner of presenting a play on the stage.
2. a temporary platform or structure of posts and boards for support, as in building; scaffolding.
3. home staging ( def ).
4. Rocketry. the in-flight separation of a rocket stage from the remaining stages of a multistage missile or launch vehicle.
5. the business of running stagecoaches.
6. the act of traveling by stages or by stagecoach.

staging

/ ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ /

noun

1. any temporary structure used in the process of building, esp the horizontal platforms supported by scaffolding

Word History and Origins

Origin of staging¹

1275–1325; Middle English ( stage, -ing ¹ )

Word History and Origins

Origin of staging¹

C14: from stage + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The worthy effort to emphasize that much of the artist’s inventive genius — unfurling in thousands of manuscript pages, rather than oil paint and tempera — makes the dull staging a perhaps unavoidable conceit.

From Los Angeles Times

Finding the right balance between humor and existential dread is perhaps the biggest challenge of staging “Godot.”

From Los Angeles Times

Lukashenko has hosted Russian forces and allowed them to use Belarus as a staging ground.

From BBC

HEX needed no staging to produce a highly theatrical performance.

From Los Angeles Times

The retired Army officer suggests that staging the world’s largest sports event isn’t so different.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• appearance
• delivery
• demonstration
• display
• introduction
• offering
• production
• proposal
• reception
• show
• submission