the production of a drama on the stage
"The director spent months preparing the staging of Shakespeare's Hamlet to ensure every gesture was precise."
a system of scaffolds
"The actors rehearsed their final scene on an elaborate staging of wooden planks and ropes to simulate the castle walls."
travel by stagecoach
"The weary traveler was tired from staging through the mountain passes in his old carriage."
getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket
"The engineers carefully detached the empty fuel tank to complete the staging process before re-entering the atmosphere."
A performance of a play
"The audience gave enthusiastic applause after every staging of the new Shakespeare production."
present participle of stage
"The crew is staging the final scene as the audience takes their seats."
In plain English: To stage something means to arrange it carefully for an event, performance, or photo so that everything looks perfect at just the right moment.
"They are staging a surprise party for his birthday this Saturday."
The word staging is formed by combining the noun stage with the suffix -ing. It entered English as a gerund describing the act of preparing or presenting something on a stage.