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STAGED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does staged mean?
• STAGED (adjective)
The adjective STAGED has 2 senses:
1. written for or performed on the stage
2. deliberately arranged for effect
Familiarity information: STAGED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Written for or performed on the stage
Context example:
a staged version of the novel
Antonym:
unstaged (not performed on the stage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deliberately arranged for effect
Synonyms:
arranged; staged
Context example:
one of those artfully staged photographs
Similar:
artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
Context examples
They are similar to ovarian epithelial cancers and are staged and treated the same way.
(Fallopian tube cancer, NCI Dictionary)
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