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Plural of stage

regular plural

The plural of stage is stages.

Forms of stage

Singularstage /steɪd͡ʒ/
Pluralstages /ˈsteɪd͡ʒɪz/
Countableusually uncountable

Stages in a sentence

  • The Russians had promised to withdraw in three stages.2002, Donald Keene, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 588
  • Additionally, popular supporting characters make cameos on certain stages, such as in Smashville, where you'll find Tom Nook and other familiar faces from Animal Crossing.2007 December, Chris Slate, “Get Ready to Smash”, in Nintendo Power, volume 222, page 49
  • The initial stages of a syndrome may differ vastly from the final symptoms.From the entry initial
  • At low engine speeds, valves open to bleed some of the highly-compressed air from the later compressor stages, helping to prevent engine surging.From the entry bleed
  • Once the SRBs decelerate following initial main-parachute deployment, the parachutes disreef in stages to gradually slow the boosters to a safe splashdown speed.From the entry disreef

Meaning of stage

  1. noun A phase.
  2. noun One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
  3. noun A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.

Full definition of stage

Questions about the plural of stage

What is the plural of stage?
The plural of stage is stages.
Is stage countable?
Stage is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stage (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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