The word sage can have one of the following means:

• Commonly, a person (in possession) of wisdom.
• In botany, sage is a medicinal plant of genus Salvia.
• In England, the Sage Gateshead is a new centre for musical education and performance, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne.
• In business, Sage is the short name for The Sage Group plc and there is also Sage Telecom.
• In molecular biology, SAGE is an acronym for Serial Analysis of Gene Expression.

In Botany

• Salvia divinorum is a psychoactive plant commonly used as a drug.

In myth and folklore

• In Chinese folklore, a sage is a wise man who is said to have the power of foresight .
• In Hinduism, the Rishis are sages who speak to the Devas.

In the arts

• In Marvel Comics, Sage is a superhero who is a member of the X-Men.
• In poetry, Sage is the title of a collection of poems by German author Paul Wühr.

In computers

• In computer science, SAGE was an early United States Air Force computer system.
• In the video game Fire Emblem, a Sage is a master of elemental magic and is able to use special magic staves.
• SAGE is the short name for The System Administrators Guild, the professional body for those who maintain IT systems and the networks that connect them.
• In computers, Sage (from Japanese sageru; 下げる "to lower") refers to replying to an undesirable post while keeping it from rising to the top on a 2ch-style message board.
• In computers, Sage is an RSS and Atom News aggregator extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser. This Sage refers to Salvia as seen above.
• In the video games Command & Conquer: Generals and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, Sage is the name of the game engine.