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scene
[seen]
noun
the place where some action or event occurs.
He returned to the scene of the accident.
Synonyms: , , , ,any view or picture.
The scene that lay before me, with its snow and colorful leaves, was beautiful.
an incident or situation in real life.
She witnessed the scene at the restaurant as it happened.
Synonyms:an embarrassing outbreak or display of anger, strong feeling, or bad manners.
Please don't make a scene in such a public place.
Synonyms: , ,a division of a play or of an act of a play, usually representing a passage of time in a single setting, featuring a specific character or group of characters.
Scene Four takes place in a city park at dawn.
a unit of action or a segment of a story in a play, motion picture, or television show.
The DVD contains many short scenes showing classic plane models at U.S. and European airports.
the place in which the action of a play or part of a play is supposed to occur.
Literature.
an episode, situation, or the like, as in a narrative.
the setting or locale of a story.
the stage, especially of an ancient Greek or Roman theater.
an area or sphere of activity, current interest, etc..
the rock music scene;
the fashion scene.
scene
/ ː /
noun
the place where an action or event, real or imaginary, occurs
the setting for the action of a play, novel, etc
an incident or situation, real or imaginary, esp as described or represented
a subdivision of an act of a play, in which the time is continuous and the setting fixed
a single event, esp a significant one, in a play
films a shot or series of shots that constitutes a unit of the action
the backcloths, stage setting, etc, for a play or film set; scenery
the prospect of a place, landscape, etc
a display of emotion, esp an embarrassing one to the onlookers
informalthe environment for a specific activity
the fashion scene
informalinterest or chosen occupation
classical music is not my scene
rarethe stage, esp of a theatre in ancient Greece or Rome
out of public view; privately
Other 51Թ Forms
- interscene noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scene1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scene1
Idioms and Phrases
make the scene, to appear in a particular place or engage in a particular activity.
Let's make the scene downtown tonight. She was never one to make the drug scene.
behind the scenes. behind the scenes.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
If we want an art scene here, we have to patronize it.
Ms Boor suffered very serious injuries and received medical help at the scene and in hospital but died two days later, Ms Johnson said.
The lurid scenes where Fox abuses students like Genevieve, his favorite “Little Kitten,” in his locked office are vile.
A filming error also means a much bigger scene reset than a normal shot.
Dever appears in only three episodes of the show’s second season, and in two of them, she has just one scene.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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