stage
verb
- to perform or carry out, perform, carry out, set up
- determine the progression of a disease
noun
- designated space for the performance of productions
- part of a race that spans multiple days
- hydrology, water level in a river or stream with respect to a chosen reference height
- period in the development of something with its own qualitative features
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /stɑːʒ/
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French stage (“internship”).
- An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.
“It doesn’t matter that recent reporting on the stage economy of Copenhagen […] has revealed a pattern of abuse and dangerous working conditions for unpaid interns. In “The Bear,” the stage is a dream: Marcus’s tasks are simply to learn from a skilled but kind and patient mentor, to get out and about and feel inspired, and to come up with some new dishes of his own.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from French stage (“internship”).
- To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
“I’ve been chosen to stage at Coloniál, the Michelin-starred restaurant that I will one day lie about running. Stage is restaurant-speak for free labor, but I’m unconcerned.”