stage set

noun

: scenery and properties designed and arranged for a particular scene in a play

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In my section, most people were only dimly aware of what was going on, what the stage set looked like from above, who the guest performers were, what the songs were about. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 The stage set is ginormous — the orchestra is way up on spinning towers. Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 So, with the stage set, Hubble and Humason set to work observing spiral nebulas with the Hooker telescope. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025 Her take on her hit, performed from a stage set like a messy bedsit, complete with washing machine, was the night’s most compelling musical moment and confirmation of a bright new star in the dimming U.K. firmament. Mark Sutherland, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stage set

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stage set was in 1861

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“Stage set.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20set. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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