STAGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does staging mean? 

• STAGING (noun)
  The noun STAGING has 4 senses:

1. the production of a drama on the stage

2. a system of scaffolds

3. travel by stagecoach

4. getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket

  Familiarity information: STAGING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The production of a drama on the stage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

staging; theatrical production

Hypernyms ("staging" is a kind of...):

production (a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "staging"):

coup de theatre (a highly successful theatrical production)

summer stock (theatrical productions performed by a stock company during the summer)

Derivation:

stage (perform (a play), especially on a stage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A system of scaffolds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

scaffolding; staging

Hypernyms ("staging" is a kind of...):

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)

Meronyms (parts of "staging"):

scaffold (a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Travel by stagecoach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("staging" is a kind of...):

travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("staging" is a kind of...):

discard; throwing away (getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable)

 Context examples 

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of bladder cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Bladder Cancer Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

The AJCC staging system is used to describe most types of cancer.

(AJCC staging system, NCI Dictionary)

This procedure is commonly performed as a component of cancer staging.

(Axillary lymph node dissection, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of bladder cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Bladder Cancer Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of bladder cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Bladder Cancer Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A staging system for prostate cancer that uses ABCD.

(ABCD rating, NCI Dictionary)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of bone cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Bone Cancer Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of nasal cavity and paranasal sinus carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th edition.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma by AJCC v6 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of nasal cavity and paranasal sinus carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor (skin).

(Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome Primary Tumor-Skin TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)