staging

1. 1.

   the production of a drama on the stage

   Synonymstheatrical production

   Broaderproduction

   Narrowercoup de theatresummer stock
2. 2.

   a system of scaffolds

   Synonymsscaffolding

   Broadersystem

   Partsscaffold
3. 3.

   travel by stagecoach

   Broadertravel
4. 4.

   getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket

   Broaderdiscard

Other forms of staging

plural

stagings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about staging

What does staging mean?

staging means "the production of a drama on the stage". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in staging?

staging has 2 syllables: sta-ging. The stress falls on "sta". In IPA it is /ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for staging?

Close synonyms include theatrical production, scaffolding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is staging a common word?

staging is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.