staged

[ steyjd ]

adjective

1. adapted for or produced on the stage.
2. contrived for a desired impression:

   It was a staged, rather than spontaneous, demonstration of affection.

3. occurring or planned to occur in stages:

   a staged increase in wages.

Other Words From

• un·staged adjective
• well-staged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of staged¹

First recorded in 1560–70; stage + -ed ³

Example Sentences

And the video was no lucky capture, but a staged performance submitted as part of a four-person insurance fraud scheme, according to the California Department of Insurance.

From Los Angeles Times

However since then the Rugby World Cup and Paris Olympics have both been peacefully staged there.

From BBC

While immigration agents staged highly publicized raids during the 1980s, Democrats and Republicans worked on an amnesty that President Reagan signed into law in 1986.

From Los Angeles Times

Earlier this year, another exhibition of his work, The Charcoal Heads, was staged at the capital's Courtauld Gallery.

From BBC

There are "heavily armed gladiators riding a charging rhinoceros" and "wounded men tumbling from boats into the jaws of ravenous sharks" during the nautical battle staged in the flooded pit of the Colosseum.

From BBC

Related Words

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• incredible
• odd
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