stagingpost (pluralstaging posts)

1. Anintermediatestoppingpoint.

   Synonyms:staging area,staging point,staging base,stopover

   • [2008,BioWare,Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Nepmos:

     Shepard: Why are you out here in the first place?
     Lieutenant 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 astaging base.]

2. (figuratively) A well-defined point in a process where one can rest or regroup.

• “staging post”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “staging post”, inCambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire:Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “staging post” (UK) inMacmillan English Dictionary.
• “staging post” inLongman Dictionary of Contemporary English,Longman.
• “staging post”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.

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