staging
noun
Simple meaning
A performance of a play.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
theater
A performance of a play
by extension
The arrangement or layout of something in order to create an impression.
The act or process of putting on an event.
The classification of a case of a disease, usually a cancer, into its anatomic or prognostic stage, which is a category of severity.
The act of journeying in stagecoaches.
The organization of something in order to prepare for or facilitate working with it.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: (theater) A performance of a play
Used this way, staging is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use staging
- “The staging of the play was simple but very effective, creating a stark mood.”noun
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