BEHIND THE SCENES

Definition: BEHIND THE SCENES

BEHIND THE SCENES

1. Behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cause

Adverb: because; behind the scenes.

Concealment

Underhand, by stealth, like a thief in the night; stealthily; Adjective: behind the scenes, behind the curtain, behind one's back, behind a screen; incognito; in camera.

Knowledge

Aware of, cognizant of, conscious of; acquainted with, made acquainted with; privy to, no stranger to; au -fait, au courant; in the secret; up to, alive to; behind the scenes, behind the curtain; let into; apprized of, informed of; undeceived.

Latency Implication

Adverb: by a side wind; sub silentio; in the background; behind the scenes, behind one's back; on the tip of one's tongue; secretly; between the lines.

The Drama

Adverb: on the stage, on the boards; on film; before the floats, before an audience; behind the scenes.

Crosswords: BEHIND THE SCENES

Telecommunications: Behind the Scenes (1972)

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker (1956)

A Peep Behind the Scenes (1930)

Behind the Scenes (1914)

A Good Time Behind the Scenes (1900)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glassmaking: The Nash Notebooks: Including Tiffany Favrile Glass (reference)

• Nocturnal Admissions: Behind the Scenes on the Sunday Night Sex Show (reference)

• Political Savvy; Systematic Approaches to Leadership Behind the Scenes (reference)

• Star Wars Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones (reference)

• The Chef, the Story & the Dish: Behind the Scenes With America's Favorite Chefs (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Behind The Scenes (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Penthouse - Behind the Scenes (reference)

• Spectator - Behind the Scenes of a Horse Show (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Secretary of the Air Force, F. Whitten Peters hosted a group of educators recently and gave them an up-close look at the Air Force and the men and women behind the scenes who perform its mission day-to-day. (P.; photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Stafford)..

Behind the scenes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Behind the scenes at the circus. Credit: Library of Congress.

Behind the scenes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Their prosperity scatters its crumbs to those who are behind the scenes, in the shape of nice little promotions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Bangladesh

Acting behind the scenes of the Martial Law Administration (MLA), Zia sought to invigorate government policy and administration. (references)

Chad

Through privileged positions and dealing from behind the scenes these entities can erect protection schemes to restrict competition in key industries. (references)

Cuba (09/01)

Fulgencio Batista, an army sergeant, organized a non-commissioned officer revolt in September 1933 and wielded significant power behind the scenes until he was elected president in 1940. Batista was voted out of office in 1944. Running for president again in 1952, Batista seized power in a bloodless coup three months before the election was to take place, suspended the balloting, and began ruling by decree. (references)

Political Economy

Kenya

This group tends to stay out of politics and to operate behind the scenes. (references)

Trade

Argentina

The lead ECA will provide export credit support for the entire transaction and will coordinate the support of the follower ECA behind the scenes. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

This is indicative, not of the person's ability or willingness to work with foreign businesspeople, but of complexities behind the scenes and the fact that the apparent decision-maker does not always have the only say in negotiations. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

fshehurazi (furtively, in secret, on the sly, secretly, underhand). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وراء الكواليس (backstage), ‏الأسرار. (various references)

Bulgarian 

задкулисно (underhand, underhanded), зад кулисите (backstage, offstage). (various references)

Chinese 

后台 (behind the scenes supporter, the area behind a theatrical stage). (various references)

Czech

za scénou, v zákulisí (behind the scene, offstage), v portále. (various references)

Dutch

achter de schermen. (various references)

Esperanto

post la kulisoj. (various references)

Finnish

kulissien takana. (various references)

French

derrière les coulisses, dans les coulisses. (various references)

German

hinter den Kulissen (backstage, offstage). (various references)

Greek 

παρασκηνιακός (in the wings, off stage). (various references)

Hungarian

színfalak mögött (behind the curtain, in the wings), háttérben (backstage, up-stage). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

陰で動く (to act behind the scenes). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

か�'でう�"く (to act behind the scenes). (various references)

Pig Latin

ehindbay ethay enesscay

Romanian

în culise (backstage). (various references)

Russian 

за кулисами (behind the curtain). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zakulisno (backstage, offstage, scene: behind the scenes). (various references)

Spanish

entre bastidores (backstage, offstage). (various references)

Swedish

bakom kulisserna (backstage). (various references)

Turkish

sahne arkasında (backstage, upstage). (various references)

Ukrainian

закулісний (back door, back room, backstage, backstairs, offscreen, offstage), за кулісами (backstage, in the wings, offstage). (various references)

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