IN STAGES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in stages mean? 

• IN STAGES (adverb)
  The adverb IN STAGES has 1 sense:

1. a little bit at a time

  Familiarity information: IN STAGES used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN STAGES (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A little bit at a time

Synonyms:

bit by bit; in stages; little by little; piecemeal

Context example:

the research structure has developed piecemeal

 Context examples 

This procedure may be used as a definitive treatment in stages of periodontal disease and/or as a part of pre-surgical procedures in others.

(Periodontal Scaling and Root Planing, NCI Thesaurus)

The female gamete, germ cells in stages between the prophase of the first maturation division and the completion of the second maturation division.

(Oocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

This work has shown that sound processing in the auditory cortex happens in stages, beginning with the analysis of low-level features, such as loudness and pitch.

(Understanding how the brain makes sense of sound, National Science Foundation)

Platelet activation progresses in stages with an early stage that is stimulated by soluble factors like ADP acting through GPCRs and is reversible and later stages with stronger interaction between platelets that may require interaction between Eph kinases and ephrins.

(Platelet Aggregation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)