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Antonyms for stage set


Grammar : Noun
Spell : steyj set-ing or steyj set
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsteɪdʒ ˌsɛt ɪŋ or ˈsteɪdʒ ˌsɛt



Definition of stage set

  • As in scenery : noun surroundings
  • As in set : noun stage setting
  • As in setting : noun scene, background
  • As in stage : noun theater platform; theater life
  • As in stage setting : noun physical background and props for performance
  • As in set piece : noun piece of scenery; formal work of art
  • As in scaffold : noun stage
  • As in scaffolding : noun stage
Example sentences :
  • Let me get the stage set properly at the beginning of my remarks.
  • Extract from : « The Old Game » by Samuel G. Blythe
  • I see, she laughed, you want the stage set for your entrance.
  • Extract from : « Under Cover » by Roi Cooper Megrue
  • Suppose it turned out that this was just a stage set for students of history?
  • Extract from : « Instant of Decision » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • It was as though a curtain had risen on a stage set to terrify the beholder.
  • Extract from : « The Portal of Dreams » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Thus was the stage set, for the next session of the honorable court.
  • Extract from : « The Air Trust » by George Allan England
  • Such was the stage set for the tragedy which we have to relate.
  • Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • Thus we now have our stage set and peopled for the grim drama of a bitter border war.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
  • Within a few minutes the Gagnon household effects were heaped out of doors, and the stage set for the "trial."
  • Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
  • Standing there, with the stage set and the light effects just right, in fancy I repopulated Pompeii.
  • Extract from : « Europe Revised » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • The curtain rises on a stage set for a Harlequinade, a merry black and white interior.
  • Extract from : « Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays » by Various

Synonyms for stage set

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