Noun

(en noun)

The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something

One's appearance or expression.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Dryden)

serious in aspect

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect .}}

* 2009 , (Hilary Mantel), (Wolf Hall) , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 145:

It is Stephen Gardiner, black and scowling, his aspect in no way improved by his trip to Rome.

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.

Prospect; outlook.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Evelyn)

This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended.

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.

(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.

(Milton)

(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) Sir (Francis Bacon)

The basilisk killeth by aspect .

* (and other bibliographic particulars) Sir (Walter Scott)

His aspect was bent on the ground.

(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Thomas Burnet)

the true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish

* (and other bibliographic particulars)

the aspect of affairs

(computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.

Noun

(en noun)

A phase.

* (1800-1859)

Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}

The area, in any theatre, generally raised, upon which an audience watches plays or other public ceremonies.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

Knights, squires, and steeds must enter on the stage .

* (1791–1875)

Lo! Where the stage , the poor, degraded stage, / Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.

A floor or storey of a house.

(Wyclif)

A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.

A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.

A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.

* (William Cowper) (1731-1800)

a parcel sent you by the stage

* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

I went in the sixpenny stage .

(label) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.

(label) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.

* Jeffrey

A stage signifies a certain distance on a road.

* 1858 , (Samuel Smiles), (Robert Stephenson), The Life of George Stephenson: Railway Engineer , p.356

He travelled by gig, with his wife, his favourite horse performing the journey by easy stages .

*{{quote-book, year=1910, author=(Emerson Hough)

, title= The Purchase Price, chapter=3 , passage=The Mount Vernon , favoured by a good stage of water, soon cleared the narrow Monongahela channel, passed the confluence, and headed down under full steam, […].}}

(label) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.

The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.

(label) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.

A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

When we are born, we cry that we are come / To this stage of fools.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

Music and ethereal mirth / Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC

, title= Bulgaria 0-3 England , passage=Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.}}