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

The first performance, then, became a staging in Magdeburg, Germany, last year. —Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

Along with its hoard of 25 Sunday Night Baseball outings, NBC also will kickstart the postseason with an exclusive staging of the Wild Card round. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2026

From Italian cabinets to high-end finishes to the staging furniture (which is also for sale), everything speaks of luxury. —Kelley Bruss, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026

As March is starting to draw to a close, some road closed signs are already popping up around and town and ALCO Parking President Merrill Stabile said to build the staging, lost parking spaces are right around the corner. —John Shumway, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026

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