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PRONUNCIATION OF SCENE SHIFTER

scene shifter  [siːn ˈʃɪftə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCENE SHIFTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scene shifter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCENE SHIFTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scene shifter in the English dictionary

The definition of scene shifter in the dictionary is a person who changes scenes during a play.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCENE SHIFTER


bifter
ˈbɪftə
CARIFTA
kæˈrɪftə
downshifter
ˈdaʊnˌʃɪftə
drifter
ˈdrɪftə
grifter
ˈɡrɪftə
lifter
ˈlɪftə
powerlifter
ˈpaʊərˌlɪftə
shifter
ˈʃɪftə
shoplifter
ˈʃɒpˌlɪftə
sifter
ˈsɪftə
snifter
ˈsnɪftə
swifter
ˈswɪftə
uplifter
ʌpˈlɪftə
weightlifter
ˈweɪtlɪftə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCENE SHIFTER

scenarization
scenarize
scenary
scend
scene
scene bay
scene change
scene dock
scene painter
scene shift
sceneman
sceneries
scenery
scenic
scenic design
scenic designer
scenic railway
scenic reserve
scenical
scenically

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCENE SHIFTER

and they all lived happily ever after
crafter
drafter
flour sifter
fore-and-after
hereafter
hereinafter
lofter
look after
looked-after
make after
point after
rafter
run after
shafter
shirt-lifter
sought-after
the morning after
thereafter
whereafter

Synonyms and antonyms of scene shifter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scene shifter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCENE SHIFTER

Find out the translation of scene shifter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scene shifter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scene shifter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

场景转换器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escena shifter
570 millions of speakers

English

scene shifter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दृश्य मज़दूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المشهد شيفتر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сцена переключения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cena shifter
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দৃশ্য চকমক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scène shifter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shifter adegan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Szene Schieber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シーンシフター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

현장 시프터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adegan shifter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người sắp bối cảnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காட்சி ஷிஃப்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

देखावा शिफ्टर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sahne değiştiricisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

macchinista di scena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scena manetka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сцена перемикання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

schimbator scenă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκηνή shifter
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toneel shifter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scen shifter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scene shifter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scene shifter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCENE SHIFTER»

The term «scene shifter» is used very little and occupies the 189.325 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCENE SHIFTER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scene shifter» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scene shifter» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scene shifter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCENE SHIFTER»

Discover the use of scene shifter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scene shifter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pirandello's Theatre of Living Masks: New Translations of ...
character withdraw to decide on the scenery and the Actors leave the stage; and a second time when the Scene Shifter drops the curtain by mistake. (The audience entering the theatre finds the curtain up, the stage as it would be during the ...
Umberto Mariani, Alice Gladstone Mariani, 2011
2
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, ...
1761], scene- shifter. The London Stage lists a Mr Bride, dancer, as a member of the Drury Lane company in 1741-42, but the calendar of performances seems to contain no reference to him, and the only other Bride in the troupe was the ...
Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, 1973
3
Metaphysical Poetry Volume 2: Imagination and Science Fiction
Scene. Shifter. Awakeninganeccentric type nottospeakin motion, in actions popularity is in a change. Moodsareprofile tooutcastyourmind, straightway, undeviating but will it take us standing, scene shifter. Torn apart from anger and seeking ...
Liz Souza, 2009
4
The General Stud Book: Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses ...
1905 b. c. Scene Shifter's Pride, by Scene Shifter 1906 ch. c. Sir Spenser Travers, by Malttavers 19U7 c. Scene Lifter, by Scene Shifter - J- Mr F. G. Baylor 1908 barren to Scene Shifter 1909 by Scene Shifter LADY CYNOSURE (Bay or Brown) , ...
‎1910
5
British Artillery 1914-19: Heavy Artillery
Heavy Artillery Dale Clarke. Loading Scene Shifter - the breech is open and 1 2 men are ramming a shell into the chamber. (RAHT AL587.3.2) BL 14-in. gun on railway mounting In August 1916 Armstrongs offered the War Office a pair of BL ...
Dale Clarke, 2012
6
The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality
The way in which this impression has been evolved is easy to understand, f0r it was in the part of a scene-shifter that Mr. Lester made his first great success in the West End of London. As a matter of fact, he comes of a theatrical family, his ...
‎1908
7
The New Sporting Magazine
A scene-shifter, six feet four in height, was put in requisition, and the lady was taken up, with the chair, and carried out, amidst more laughter than ever Liston received in his drollest of drolls. Two more anecdotes, and it will be high time to drop ...
‎1831
8
Who's who in the Theatre
... Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Courtice Pounds. lst Scene Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Loraine. 2nd Scene Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles Rock. 3rd Scene Shifter .
John Parker, 1916
9
The comedies, histories, and tragedies of Mr. William ...
But to infer that Marlowe, Greene, and Peele collaborated with a scene-shifter is to indulge one's fancy in pure frolic. If the foremost dramatists of the age had anything to do with a scene-shifter anent playwriting, it would have been much more ...
William Shakespeare, Appleton Morgan, Albert Romer Frey, 1892
10
The Port Folio
1 don't know how long the honest seaman , would have continued his strain of metaphor if the scene-shifter hadn't interrupted him. " I'll allow," cried he, " all you say to be just; but the great Shakspeare"— 's" I can't say I know him," returned the  ...
Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall, 1807

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCENE SHIFTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scene shifter is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bygones: Grandad Joe worked at Derby's Grand Theatre
My grandad, Joe Hobson, worked there as a scene shifter and my mother often sent me down with his sandwiches as a ruse to get me backstage. My grandad ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
50 years of Steptoe and Son: its influence on 60s and 70s sitcoms
There is a powerful monologue from Fletcher in a particularly fraught scene and ... Working as a scene shifter at the BBC, Sullivan had managed to persuade ... «Den Of Geek, Mar 12»
3
Cecil Korer
He spent five years as a travelling salesman before hearing of a vacancy at the BBC for a scene shifter, the lowest grade production worker, at £6 a week. Slowly ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 11»
4
John Sullivan dies
He landed a job as a scene shifter at BBC Television Centre and got his big break when he submitted the script for Citizen Smith to comedy producer Dennis ... «Mirror.co.uk, Apr 11»
5
Beyond the spotlight: How to carve out a career backstage
Being mega-organised and able to balance the competing egos of everyone from the director to the scene shifter are key requisites of a successful ASM and I ... «Independent, Sep 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Scene shifter [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scene-shifter>. Apr 2024 ».
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