set the scene en · VERB
Meanings
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To prepare for something by providing a background, a description, etc.
For example, in teaching the banquet scene in Macbeth, I set the scene by setting up several banquet tables
2004, Paul Skrebels, Sieta van der Hoeven, For All Time?: Critical Issues in Teaching Shakespeare, page 43:This chapter has also set the scene by reviewing the operational structure of benchmarking, as well as outlining the research materials central to this study.
2010, David Strang, Learning by Example: Imitation and Innovation at a Global Bank:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| set the scene | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| set the scene | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sets the scene | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| setting the scene | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
fi luoda edellytykset (Translations) · fi luoda pohja (Translations) · pl naszkicować (Translations) · fr planter le décor (Translations) · pl szkicować (Translations) · ar هَيَّأَ الْأَجْوَاءَ (Translations)