date vs stage

date

verb
  • To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution. 

  • To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with. 

  • To determine the age of something. 

  • To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates. 

  • To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other. 

  • To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned. 

  • To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc. 

  • To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of. 

noun
  • The date palm. 

  • The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made. 

  • A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met. 

  • One's companion for social activities or occasions. 

  • A pre-arranged meeting. 

  • The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. 

  • A point in time. 

  • Assigned end; conclusion. 

  • A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time. 

stage

verb
  • To orchestrate; to carry out. 

  • To produce on a stage, to perform a play. 

  • To demonstrate in a deceptive manner. 

  • To place in position to prepare for use. 

  • To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to 

  • To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it. 

noun
  • A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given. 

  • 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. 

  • A floor or storey of a house. 

  • The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc. 

  • A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers. 

  • A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene. 

  • The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale. 

  • A phase. 

  • The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing. 

  • An internship. 

  • A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. 

  • A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game. 

  • A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging. 

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