"staging post" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: staging posts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} staging post (plural staging posts)
  1. An intermediate stopping point. Synonyms: staging area, staging point, staging base, stopover Translations (intermediate stopping point): étape (French), Zwischenstopp [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-staging_post-en-noun-2TsT2wY1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'intermediate stopping point': 96 4
  2. (figuratively) A well-defined point in a process where one can rest or regroup. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-staging_post-en-noun-MW9mzUWO

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "[2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Nepmos:",
          "text": "Shepard: Why are you out here in the first place?\nLieutenant Durand: There's been a lot of pirate activity in this cluster. We set up a chain of listening posts in the local systems in case they have a staging base.",
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          "word": "étape"
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        "(figuratively) A well-defined point in a process where one can rest or regroup."
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