phase

CEFRB2

/feɪz/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.

In context

The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in.
The problem has many phases.
the phases of the moon

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It would have been a simple enough move to warn the firm, but Max Carrados's interest lay in the phase of crime rather than in forestalling it, and on that score he had little tangible as yet […]
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
When Romania did manage to string together some phases midway through the first half, England's discipline held firm, although on the whole it was a less focused display from the Six Nations champions in the second half.
2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport
Anyone who has lost their way in cyberspace—realizing they have just phased into what they had previously categorized as 'solid' matter—will understand this example.
1997, P. Lunenfeld, “Hybrid Architectures and the Paradox of Unfolding”, in Intelligent Environments: Spatial Aspects of the Information Revolution, →ISBN, page 443
Archer took a deep breath and, steeling himself for the bizarre experience, carefully walked to the bulkhead and phased through.
2004, Paul Ruditis, Star Trek: Enterprise: Shockwave, →ISBN, page 100
Intangible or invisible objects in comic books are often drawn with a dotted line. When Kitty Pryde of the X-Men phases through objects, she's drawn that way, and Wonder Woman's invisible plan[sic] used to be drawn that way as well.
2011, Timothy Callahan, Grant Morrison: The Early Years, →ISBN, page 93

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From New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to cause to appear”); compare phantasm and see face.