[
  {
    "word": "stage",
    "phonetic": "/ste\u026ad\u0361\u0292/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/ste\u026ad\u0361\u0292/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/stage-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88518368",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/ste\u026ad\u0361\u0292/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/stage-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1158026",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A phase.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The band returned to the stage to play an encore."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A floor or storey of a house.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a stage of ten miles"
          },
          {
            "definition": "The number of an electronic circuit\u2019s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter"
          },
          {
            "definition": "The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He placed the slide on the stage."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.",
            "synonyms": [
              "level"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "level",
          "tier",
          "area",
          "board",
          "level",
          "map",
          "phase",
          "track",
          "world",
          "zone",
          "level"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To produce on a stage, to perform a play.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The local theater group will stage \"Pride and Prejudice\"."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The salesman's demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To orchestrate; to carry out.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A protest will be staged in the public square on Monday."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To place in position to prepare for use.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "fake"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stage"
    ]
  }
]