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behind the scenes

/bɪˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/

behind the scenes prepositional phrase: behind the scenery and stage area; backstage; among the actors; during the production or rehearsal.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) behind the scenery and stage area; backstage; among the actors; during the production or rehearsal
    • Many videos come with features that show what went on behind the scenes to make the movie and special effects.
    • The men who stood behind the scenes and worked the religious puppet-show by hidden wires to the awe and astonishment of the gaping vulgar.1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 134
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) In secret; out of public view.
    • The government has been negotiating behind the scenes with the separatists for months.
    • He was more comfortable behind the scenes, he admitted, writing articles, drafting speeches for others. “I don't really have what it takes to be a hand-shaker or a baby-kisser,” he said.2013, Tracy Daugherty, The Boy Orator: A Novel, →ISBN

Adjective

behind the scenes (not comparable)

  1. Being or working out in secret or out of public view.
  2. Divulging or reporting hidden workings.

behind the scenes meaning in Telugu, Malayalam, Sanskrit and Arabic

behind the scenes in Telugu

in secret; out of public view
తెరవెనుక teravenuka

behind the scenes in Malayalam

in secret, secret, privately
അണിയറയ്ക്കുള്ളിൽ, പിന്നണിയിൽ, അണിയറയിൽ, പിന്നാമ്പുറത്ത്, രഹസ്യമായി, ഗോപ്യമായി

behind the scenes in Sanskrit

in secret; out of public view
नेपथ्ये nepathye

behind the scenes in Arabic

in secret; out of public view
مِن وَرَاءَ السِّتارِ min warāʔa s-sitāri, وَرَاءَ الكَوالِيسِ warāʔa l-kawālīsi

Forms of behind the scenes

alternative formbehind-the-scenes
alternative formBTS

Questions about behind the scenes

What does behind the scenes mean?
Behind the scenes means behind the scenery and stage area; backstage; among the actors; during the production or rehearsal.
What is behind the scenes in Telugu?
Behind the scenes in Telugu is తెరవెనుక (teravenuka). See Behind the scenes meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is behind the scenes?
Behind the scenes can be a prepositional phrase or an adjective.
How do you pronounce behind the scenes?
Behind the scenes is pronounced /bɪˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/.

Words near behind the scenes in the dictionary

  1. behind the ear
  2. behind the eight ball
  3. behind the eight-ball
  4. behind the eightball
  5. behind the scene
  6. behind the scenes
  7. behind the times
  8. behind the wheel
  9. behind the wire
  10. behind time
  11. behind-hand

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: behind the scenes (page history and authors); behind the scenes (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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