different between standing vs stage
standing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?stænd??/
Etymology 1
From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standan? (“to stand”), equivalent to stand +? -ing.
Verb
standing
- present participle of stand
- 1991, Backdraft
- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
- 1991, Backdraft
Adjective
standing (not comparable)
- Erect, not cut down.
- Performed from an erect position.
- standing ovation
- Remaining in force or status.
- standing committee
- Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
- standing water
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
- a standing colour
- Not movable; fixed.
- a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
- the standing rigging of a ship
Antonyms
- (stagnant): moving, working (committees)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand +? -ing.
Noun
standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)
- Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]
- The males constantly test their standing, looking to move up in the hierarchy.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]
- Duration.
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- I will provide you and your fellows of a good standing to see his entry
- I think in deep mire, where there is no standing.;
- (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
- (Britain) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
- 1992, P. D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:
- "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
- 2000, Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor, page 149:
- "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing, and waste."
- 1992, P. D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:
- (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
- (Britain, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.
- Synonym: pitch
Derived terms
- class standing
- hard standing
- good standing
Translations
References
- (market trader's pitch): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Cebuano
Etymology
From English standing.
Noun
standing
- in bato lata; an instance where the can is standing upright and, still in play, after being hit and pushed out of its ring
Faroese
Etymology
standa (“to stand”) +? -ing
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?stant??k]
Noun
standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)
- erection
Declension
Synonyms
- reðurstøða
French
Etymology
From English standing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??.di?/
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
- standing, status
- Level of quality or comfort, especially about real estate
- appartement de grand standing
Further reading
- “standing” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?tandin/, [es?t?ãn?.d??n]
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
- status, standing, class
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stage
English
Etymology
From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stæde, stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ste?d??/
- Rhymes: -e?d?
Noun
stage (plural stages)
- A phase.
- 1986, Daniel Woodrell, Under the Bright Lights p.66
- "They're bikini briefs", Nicole said. "That just means sexy underwear."
"I though naked was sexy."
"Well, it is. But sexy comes in stages".
- "They're bikini briefs", Nicole said. "That just means sexy underwear."
- 1986, Daniel Woodrell, Under the Bright Lights p.66
- (by extension) 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.
- (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- 1829, Charles Sprague, Curiosity
- Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, / Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde:, Intentions
- The theater is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, it is also the return of art to life.
- 1829, Charles Sprague, Curiosity
- A floor or storey of a house.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
- A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
- 1711 April 14, Jonathan Swift, letter to Stella
- I went in the sixpenny stage.
- a parcel sent you by the stage
- 1711 April 14, Jonathan Swift, letter to Stella
- (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
- (dated) 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.
- 1807, Francis Jeffrey, "Clarkson on Quakerism", in The Edinburgh Review April 1807
- A stage […] signifies a certain distance on a road.
- 1858, Samuel Smiles, Robert Stephenson, The Life of George Stephenson: Railway Engineer, p.356
- He travelled by gig, with his wife, his favourite horse performing the journey by easy stages.
- 1807, Francis Jeffrey, "Clarkson on Quakerism", in The Edinburgh Review April 1807
- (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
- Synonym: level
- A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
Synonyms
- (phase): tier, level
- (video games): level, map, area, world, track, board, zone, phase
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (sut?ji)
Translations
Verb
stage (third-person singular simple present stages, present participle staging, simple past and past participle staged)
- (transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out.
- (transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.
- (transitive, medicine) To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
- 2010, Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, Kenneth Woodhouse, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (page 940)
- One method of documenting a wound is as follows: (1) stage the ulcer, time present, setting where occurred; (2) describe the location anatomically; (3) measure ulcer in centimeters (length × width × base); […]
- 2010, Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, Kenneth Woodhouse, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (page 940)
- (rocketry) To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
Derived terms
- hot-stage
Synonyms
- (demonstrate in a deceptive manner): fake
Translations
Anagrams
- Gates, Geats, agest, e-tags, gates, geats, getas
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French stage
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sta?ge
Noun
stage m (plural stages, diminutive stagetje n)
- probation, induction
- apprenticeship
- internship
Related terms
- stagiair
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin stagium, itself from Old French estage: ester +? -age (whence modern French étage). Cognates and borrowings are common in other European languages, including Italian stage, Czech stáž, Dutch stage, Portuguese estágio and Serbo-Croatian staž.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta?/
Noun
stage m (plural stages)
- internship, job that a trainee is doing in a workplace until a fixed date
- probation, induction
Related terms
- stagiaire (trainee)
Descendants
References
- “stage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- gâtes, gâtés
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French stage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sta?/
Noun
stage m (invariable)
- internship
- Synonym: tirocinio
Usage notes
- The noun is often, but incorrectly, pronounced IPA(key): /?stejd??/ or IPA(key): /?st?jd??/ via an erroneous connection to English stage. Sometimes the word is also given the meaning of English "stage" (as in a platform where a performance happens).
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French estage, from ester (“to be standing, be located”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sta?d?(?)/
Noun
stage (plural stages or stage)
- A tier of a structure; a floor or storey:
- The topmost story of a building; a rooftop.
- A deck (surface of a ship)
- A floor of a vehicle or on a mount.
- A raised floor; a platform or podium.
- A ledge or shelf (projecting storage platform)
- A stage; a platform facing the audience.
- A box seat; a premium seat for an audience member.
- A duration or period; an amount of time.
- A stage or phase; a sequential part.
- A tier or grade; a place in a hierarchy.
- A locale or place; a specified point in space.
- Heaven (home of (the Christian) God)
- (rare) The cross-beam of a window.
- (rare) A seat or chair.
- (rare) A state of being.
Derived terms
- forstage
Descendants
- English: stage
References
- “st??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-01-12.
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