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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

set the scene en · VERB

Meanings

  1. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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)