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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
behind the scenes en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /bɪˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/
- /bəˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Being or working out in secret or out of public view.
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(not-comparable) Divulging or reporting hidden workings.
Forms
behind the scenes en · ADP
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /bɪˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/
- /bəˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/
Meanings
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(idiomatic) behind the scenery and stage area; backstage; among the actors; during the production or rehearsal
Many videos come with features that show what went on behind the scenes to make the movie and special effects.
The men who stood behind the scenes and worked the religious puppet-show by hidden wires to the awe and astonishment of the gaping vulgar.
1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 134:
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(figuratively, idiomatic) In secret; out of public view.
They told me it was because they knew the Hur report was about to drop. And they knew it would have all this stuff about classified information and about him seeming superold and addled behind the scenes.
2025 May 21, Ezra Klein, quoting Jake Tapper, “How Groupthink Protected Biden and Re-elected Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:The government has been negotiating behind the scenes with the separatists for months.
He was more comfortable behind the scenes, he admitted, writing articles, drafting speeches for others. “I don't really have what it takes to be a hand-shaker or a baby-kisser,” he said.
2013, Tracy Daugherty, The Boy Orator: A Novel, →ISBN:
Forms
Translations (61)
uk за ка́дром (in secret; out of public view) · pt nos bastidores (in secret; out of public view) · uk за кулі́сами (in secret; out of public view) · he מְאֲחוֹרֵי הַקְּלָעִים (in secret; out of public view) · ru в кулуа́рах (in secret; out of public view) · ko 막후 (in secret; out of public view) · ko 비하인드 (theatre/film) · fr en coulisse (in secret; out of public view) · sv bakom kulisserna (in secret; out of public view) · kk жасырын (in secret; out of public view) · ru за ка́дром (in secret; out of public view) · fo í loyndum (in secret; out of public view) · ka კულისებს მიღმა (theatre/film) · hu a kulisszák mögött (in secret; out of public view) · fi kulissien takana (in secret; out of public view) · ka კულისებს მიღმა (in secret; out of public view) · he מְאֲחוֹרֵי הַפַּרְגּוֹד (in secret; out of public view) · nl achter de schermen (in secret; out of public view) · ar مِن وَرَاءَ السِّتارِ (in secret; out of public view) · nl achter de coulissen (in secret; out of public view) · el παρασκηνιακά (theatre/film) · es detrás del telón (in secret; out of public view) · pl za kulisami (in secret; out of public view) · pt por detrás dos bastidores (in secret; out of public view) · yi הינטער די קוליסן (in secret; out of public view) · sa नेपथ्ये (in secret; out of public view) · fr de l'autre côté du décor (in secret; out of public view) · pt por baixo dos panos (in secret; out of public view) · fo í duld (in secret; out of public view) · mk зад кулоа́рите (in secret; out of public view) · hu a színfalak mögött (in secret; out of public view) · ca entre bastidors (in secret; out of public view) · de hinter den Kulissen (theatre/film) · ru за кули́сами (in secret; out of public view) · tr kulis arkasında (in secret; out of public view) · be за ка́драм (in secret; out of public view) · et tagaplaanil (in secret; out of public view) · cs v zákulisí (in secret; out of public view) · fo í duldum (in secret; out of public view) · uk за лашту́нками (in secret; out of public view) · ja 舞台裏 (in secret; out of public view) · nb bak kulissene (in secret; out of public view) · be за кулі́самі (in secret; out of public view) · da bag kulisserne (in secret; out of public view) · kk астыртын (in secret; out of public view) · pl za kulisami (theatre/film) · el παρασκηνιακά (in secret; out of public view) · cmn 幕後 /幕后 (in secret; out of public view) · ar وَرَاءَ الكَوالِيسِ (in secret; out of public view) · it dietro le quinte (in secret; out of public view) · et kulisside taga (in secret; out of public view) · bg зад кули́сите (in secret; out of public view) · es tras bambalinas (in secret; out of public view) · fo í loynd (in secret; out of public view) · fr dans les coulisses (in secret; out of public view) · es entre bastidores (in secret; out of public view) · te తెరవెనుక (in secret; out of public view) · tr kafes ardından (in secret; out of public view) · de hinter den Kulissen (in secret; out of public view) · sk v zákulisí (in secret; out of public view) · fi kulisseissa (in secret; out of public view)