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stage-manage

stage-manage verb: to manage or organise the operation of a theatrical stage; to act as stage manager.

Verb

stage-manage (third-person singular simple present stage-manages, present participle stage-managing, simple past and past participle stage-managed)

  1. (literally) To manage or organise the operation of a theatrical stage; to act as stage manager.
  2. (figuratively) To carefully control or direct (an event, operation, etc.) from the background, especially in a calculating manner, so as to achieve a particular desired appearance or outcome.
    • Bad practices were rife at the factory, but the boss stage-managed the inspectors' visit so that they did not see anything amiss.

stage-manage meaning in Tamil

stage-manage in Tamil

தேவையான விளைவை, அல்லது தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்த, செயற்கையான சூழ்நிலையை உருவாக்குதல்

Forms of stage-manage

third-person singular presentstage-manages
present participlestage-managing
past participlestage-managed
paststage-managed

Questions about stage-manage

What does stage-manage mean?
Stage-manage means to manage or organise the operation of a theatrical stage; to act as stage manager.
What is stage-manage in Tamil?
Stage-manage in Tamil is தேவையான விளைவை, அல்லது தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்த, செயற்கையான சூழ்நிலையை உருவாக்குதல். See Stage-manage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stage-manage?
Stage-manage is a verb.
What is the past tense of stage-manage?
The past tense of stage-manage is stage-managed.

Words near stage-manage in the dictionary

  1. stage-doored
  2. stage-dooring
  3. stage-doors
  4. stage-fright
  5. stage-gay
  6. stage-manage
  7. stage-managed
  8. stage-manager
  9. stage-managers
  10. stage-manages
  11. stage-managing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stage-manage (page history and authors); stage-manage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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