Consider a word that is strongly associated with the official language, but is used by everyone, so they should not be neglected. In addition, the language of papers is that “dialect” that everyone should learn. Let's start small - with the definition of the noun “stage”, this is what occupies us today.
Origin
History does not give us rich material, which means it does not facilitate the task. But it is known that the roots of the noun are overseas. In other words, from the Greek word "stages" came the modern word. It is probably better to give the ancestor of our object of study in Latin letters, so it will be clearer - stadion.
Unfortunately, we could not find out more. Maybe someone will have enough of this.
Value and Suggestions
But let's not despair, because the main goal is to understand the meaning of the word "stage". And for this you need to open an explanatory dictionary and read what is written there. So: "A period, a step in the development of something."
And various sentences with the object of study almost automatically pop up in the mind:
- "At what stage is the work on the project?"
- "The disease is severely neglected, at what stage is it?"
- "The stage of our relationship with her is difficult to determine, but I hope that everything will eventually form."
Stage is a slightly heavy word, but at the same time universal, because development stages exist in any living process. The student can ask at what stage the implementation of his homework. Ask the journalist about the stage of implementation of his new article. And all these questions will be out of place. Here is such a wonderful noun this stage.
Synonyms
We have already discussed the meaningful substitutions in passing, now it is time to put them on a single list for the convenience of the reader:
Yes, surprisingly poor in terms of synonyms for the object of study. But the word is specific, therefore there are few replacements. I must also say that you can replace the noun “stage” with the specific name of the phase that is currently underway. For instance:
- planning;
- development;
- execution;
- surrender.
Of course, these stages are arbitrary and abstract. They will be filled with concrete content in each person’s personal situation.
Stage separation as a way to optimize a process
Sometimes a breakdown of a process at a stage is not an indicator of objective development, but a subjective decision. In addition, sometimes such a solution greatly facilitates the task. For example, if a person needs to write an abstract or diploma, then he first collects the material, then analyzes, formulates a general idea (as a rule, it is absent in the abstract), then the time comes for the final part - writing the work.
And if a person approached the fulfillment of the educational task randomly, then nothing would have come of it. In addition, dividing the task into stages or stages allows you to feel that the work is still moving.
Moreover, the principle is universal and suitable for any life task. You need to buy a gift for a girl or a guy, but you do not know where to start? There is nothing easier. Divide the task into stages:
- brainstorm;
- analysis of personal preferences of the object;
- acceptable price;
- decision-making.
And now your torment and mental stress is no longer suffering, but one of the stages in solving the problem. Do not think that this is sophistry, it really works. But only practice can prove the effectiveness of the optimization method.
The stages of accepting death and other unavoidable events
You can’t talk about the word "stage" and its synonyms and not say about the 5 stages of death, recorded by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, especially since the object of study is primarily associated with the disease. Recall to their reader:
- Negation. The patient cannot believe that he was given a similar diagnosis.
- Anger. Waves of hatred towards the world and towards those who will live when he is no longer sweep over him.
- Bargain. The time of various transactions with fate or God.
- Depression. Loss of desire to live.
- Adoption. Humility before fate and your share.
Another thing is interesting that everyone goes through this if he has to do something that he does not like, for example, some tedious project. A person first thinks that he can postpone his execution (denial), then he gets angry (anger), then he bargains and tries to make a deal with himself, that if he does it, he will get something (a bargain) as a reward, then he experiences a short-term loss of interest in work in general (depression), and finally still does the work (humility). The only difference between accepting the inevitable and death is that in the first case, anger and depression probably succeed each other. But critics of the Kübler-Ross theory said that stages do not always go in that order.