The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
The act or process of putting on an event.
The classification of a case of a disease, usually a cancer, into its anatomic or prognostic stage, which is a category of severity.
An environment for testing that exactly resembles a production environment.
A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
A performance of a play
The act of journeying in stagecoaches.
The business of running stagecoaches.
The organization of something in order to prepare for or facilitate working with it.
The scenery and/or organization of actors' movements on stage.
The arrangement or layout of something in order to create an impression.