curtain-raise
curtain-raise verb: to introduce; to prefigure, to set the stage for.
Verb
curtain-raise (third-person singular simple present curtain-raises, present participle curtain-raising, simple past and past participle curtain-raised)
- To introduce; to prefigure, to set the stage for.
- The fall and humiliation of Algerian President Ahmed ben Bella were carefully timed to curtain-raise what Bella intended as his biggest show, the "Second Bandung Conference."1965, Herbert David Croly, The New Republic, volume 153
- Curtain-raised here, also, is Cromwell's eventual readiness to smash the monasteries and confiscate their revenue and property to finance the building of a modern state […]2010 Mar, Christopher Hitchens, “The Men Who Made England”, in The Atlantic
curtain-raise meaning in Kannada
curtain-raise in Kannada
- ತೆರೆ ಏರಿಸು, ತೊಡಗು
Forms of curtain-raise
| third-person singular present | curtain-raises |
|---|---|
| present participle | curtain-raising |
| past participle | curtain-raised |
| past | curtain-raised |
Origin of curtain-raise
From curtain-raiser.
Questions about curtain-raise
- What does curtain-raise mean?
- Curtain-raise means to introduce; to prefigure, to set the stage for.
- What is curtain-raise in Kannada?
- Curtain-raise in Kannada is ತೆರೆ ಏರಿಸು, ತೊಡಗು. See Curtain-raise meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is curtain-raise?
- Curtain-raise is a verb.
- What is the past tense of curtain-raise?
- The past tense of curtain-raise is curtain-raised.
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