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

However, working alongside a ballet master who performed in the original staging of the show's current choreography can be interesting. —Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025

Their wit and whimsical theatricality have an obvious echo in the droll, stylized staging of Anderson’s films. —Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

Gateway is a habitable space station designed to orbit the Moon and serve as a staging point for astronaut and cargo missions to and from the lunar surface. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025

The whimsical semi-staging of Ravel’s opera, The Child and the Magical Spells, was delightful. —Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing staging

• staging area
• staging ground
• staging post

Rhymes for staging

• ageing
• aging
• caging
• gaging
• gauging
• paging
• raging
• swaging
• waging
• disengaging
• engaging
• rampaging

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