staging

/S T EY1 JH IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To produce on a stage, to perform a play.

    โ€œThe local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".โ€

  2. 2

    To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.

    โ€œThe salesman's demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.โ€

  3. 3

    To orchestrate; to carry out.

    โ€œA protest will be staged in the public square on Monday.โ€

  4. 4

    To place in position to prepare for use.

    โ€œWe staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.โ€

  5. 5

    To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to

Synonyms

noun
  1. 1

    A performance of a play

  2. 2

    The scenery and/or organization of actors' movements on stage.

  3. 3

    (by extension) The arrangement or layout of something in order to create an impression.

  4. 4

    The organization of something in order to prepare for or facilitate working with it.

  5. 5

    A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.

  6. 6

    The act or process of putting on an event.

  7. 7

    The business of running stagecoaches.

  8. 8

    The act of journeying in stagecoaches.

  9. 9

    The classification of a patient or tumor into its stage of cancer.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stage, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/staging