staging

noun

stag·​ing ˈstā-jiŋ 

1

: scaffolding

2

a

: the business of running stagecoaches

b

: the act of journeying in stagecoaches

3

: the act of putting on a play

4

a

: the moving of troops or matériel forward in several stages

b

: the assembling of troops or matériel in transit in a particular place

Examples of staging in a Sentence

The staging of the play was more difficult than expected.

Recent Examples on the Web

By then, the staging — especially a scene-seating capsizing of the boat, which makes room for the lifeboat — was in place, and the gruesome denouement also remained. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025

There is no staging, no open houses, and none of the disruptions when listing through a typical real estate agent. —Kc Property Group, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025

Thursday is for rewrites and pre-production, Friday is staging, blocking, and read-throughs, and then Saturday sees the final cutdown and run of show, courtesy of Mr. Michaels. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025

When Athearn describes the process of constructing a trail, my brain breaks a little—the scouting and inspecting and permitting and staging and building and maintaining. —Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 2 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing staging

• staging area
• staging ground
• staging post

Kids Definition

staging

noun

stag·​ing

ˈstā-jiŋ

1

: scaffolding sense 1

2

: the putting of a play on the stage

Medical Definition

staging

noun

: the classification of the severity of a disease in distinct stages on the basis of established symptomatic criteria