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Scene
Definitions
- 1 A notice to actors that their performance has ended.
"Near-synonym: cut!"
- 1 The location of an event that attracts attention. countable, uncountable
"the scene of the crime"
- 2 graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept wordnet
- 3 The stage. archaic, countable, uncountable
"They stood in the centre of the scene."
- 4 the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale wordnet
- 5 The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set. countable, uncountable
"to paint scenes"
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- 6 the visual percept of a region wordnet
- 7 A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act. countable, uncountable
"The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes."
- 8 a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film wordnet
- 9 The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up. countable, uncountable
"In Troy, there lies the scene."
- 10 a subdivision of an act of a play or performance wordnet
- 11 A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place. countable, uncountable
"He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe."
- 12 an incident (real or imaginary) wordnet
- 13 A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. countable, uncountable
"A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, / Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn."
- 14 the context and environment in which something is set wordnet
- 15 An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display. countable, uncountable
"The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene."
- 16 the place where some action occurs wordnet
- 17 An element of fiction writing. countable, uncountable
- 18 a situation treated as an observable object wordnet
- 19 A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture. countable, uncountable
"She got into the emo scene at an early age."
- 20 a display of bad temper wordnet
- 21 (by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s. uncountable
- 22 (by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.; (by extension) An aesthetic characterized by vibrant, often neon colors, heavily teased and brightly dyed hair with long bangs, skinny jeans, band tees, and layered accessories like studded belts and plastic jewelry; heavily influenced by MySpace culture, emo, pop-punk, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on digital self-expression and a playful, rebellious energy. countable, uncountable
- 23 A fantasy that is acted out. countable, uncountable
- 1 To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. transitive
- 2 To roleplay. intransitive
Etymology
From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
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