first stage
Where things begin
First stage refers to the initial phase of a process or development, the beginning point before subsequent stages unfold.
In rocketry, the first stage is the booster that fires at launch and detaches once its fuel is spent: The first stage separated successfully at 40,000 feet.
More broadly, it marks any opening chapter: We're still in the first stage of negotiations.
- debutFirst public appearance
- opening actPreliminary concert performer
- birthComing into the world
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- launch padRocket departure platform
ignition · foundation · commencement · embryonic · nascent · prototype · baseline · kickoff · outlining · germination · brainstorming · genesis · ground zero · day one · preliminary · inception · blank slate · square one
- Rocket Enginesrocket engine, liquid rocket, rocket motor, solid rocket, chemical rocket
- rocket stagesbooster, sustainer
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- Rocket Launchesliftoff, countdown, launch pad, ignition, blast off
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
first stagefinal stage
Concluding phase of something
end stage · advanced stage · terminal stage · late stage · culmination
first stageadvanced stage
Progression near completion
final form · completion · culmination · finished product · end result
first stagefinale
Concluding part of performance
conclusion · denouement · climax · endgame · final act
first, stage, staged, staging, stages, first-rate, firstly, firsthand, firstborn