phase
phase
/feɪz/
1 a stage in a process of change or development
during the initial/final phase
the construction/development/design phase
the testing phase of the project
This technology is still in an early phase of development.
phase in something an important phase in your career
The wedding marked the beginning of a new phase in Emma's life.
His anxiety about the work was just a passing phase.
During his stay in Spain, his work entered a new phase.
She's going through a difficult phase.
The semester was divided into three phases of study.
An effective healthcare response is vital in the early phases of a pandemic.
We are ready to begin the next phase of the project.
It's just a phase he's going through.
Society has entered a technological phase of evolution.
The co-op is still in the start-up phase.
The period can be divided into three distinct phases.
The process is still in its testing phase.
a new phase in the European economy
as the team reaches the later phases of product development
during the planning phase of an operation
early in the project's design phase
the acute phase of the disease
the main Catholic rituals that mark important phases in a person's life
Most teenagers go through a difficult phase.
The basic idea is elaborated during the design phase.
The initial phase of the project will last six months.
We are now entering a critical phase of the campaign.
Collocations
adjective
verb + phase
preposition
during a/the phase
in a/the phase
phase in
2 each of the shapes of the moon as we see it from the earth at different times of the month
the phases of the moon
Idioms
phase
/feɪz/
to arrange to do something gradually in stages over a period of time
be phased Closure of the hospitals was phased over a three-year period.
the phased withdrawal of troops from the area
Phrasal Verbs
Word Origin
early 19th cent. (in sense (2)): from French phase, based on Greek phasis ‘appearance’, from the base of phainein ‘to show’.