establishing

  • 1Establishing — Establish Es*tab lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Established}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Establishing}.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. [ e]tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See {Stable}, a., { ish}, and cf. {Stablish}.] 1. To… …

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  • 2establishing — adj. Establishing is used with these nouns: ↑shot …

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  • 3establishing guilt — index incriminatory, inculpatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4Establishing shot — An establishing shot in filmmaking and television production sets up, or establishes the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects.[1] It is generally a long or extreme long shot at the beginning of …

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  • 5Establishing Shot — Ein Establishing Shot ist die erste Einstellung einer Sequenz, häufig eine Totale. Er zeigt meistens eine Landschaftsaufnahme oder den jeweiligen Ort des Geschehens. Durch den Establishing Shot soll der Ort der Handlung vorgestellt und dadurch… …

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  • 6establishing shot —   usually a long (wide angle or full) shot at the beginning of a scene (or a sequence) that is intended to show things from a distance (often an aerial shot), and to inform the audience with an overview in order to help identify and orient the… …

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  • 7establishing — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of founding] Syn. organizing, starting, setting up, beginning, founding, inaugurating, instituting, originating, constituting, initiating, settling, endowing, chartering, fixing, subsidizing, implementing, stabilizing …

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  • 8establishing — n. setting, determining; founding, setting up, instituting es·tab·lish || ɪ stæblɪʃ v. set up, found; base …

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  • 10establishing shot — noun Date: circa 1948 a usually long shot in film or video used at the beginning of a sequence to establish an overview of the scene that follows …

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