Scene

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something seen by a viewer; a view or prospect.
  • n. The place where an action or event occurs: the scene of the crime.
  • n. The place in which the action of a play, movie, novel, or other narrative occurs; a setting.
  • n. A subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous.
  • n. A shot or series of shots in a movie constituting a unit of continuous related action.
  • n. The scenery and properties for a dramatic presentation.
  • n. A theater stage.
  • n. A real or fictitious episode, especially when described.
  • n. A public display of passion or temper: tried not to make a scene.
  • n. A sphere of activity: observers of the political scene.
  • n. Slang A situation or set of circumstances: a bad scene; a wild scene.
  • idiom. behind the scenes Backstage.
  • idiom. behind the scenes Out of public view; in secret.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The location of an event that attracts attention.
  • n. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
  • n. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
  • n. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
  • n. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
  • n. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
  • n. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
  • n. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
  • n. An element of fiction writing.
  • n. A social environment consisting of a large informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity.
  • v. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
  • n. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play.
  • n. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays.
  • n. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
  • n. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
  • n. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
  • n. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
  • v. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A stage; the place where dramatic pieces and other shows are performed or exhibited; that part of a theater in which the acting is done.
  • n. The place in which the action of a play is supposed to occur; the place represented by the stage and its painted slides, hangings, etc.; the surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination.
  • n. The place where anything is done or takes place: as, the scene of one's labors; the scene of the catastrophe.
  • n. One of the painted slides, hangings, etc., used on the stage of a theater to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play.
  • n. A division of a play or of an act of a play, generally so much as represents what passes between the same persons in the same place; also, some particular incident or situation represented in the course of a play.
  • n. One of a series of events, actions, or situations contributing to form a complete view or spectacle or a written representation or description: as, scenes from the life of Buddha; scenes and sketches of camp life.
  • n.
  • n. Any exhibition, display, or demonstration; especially, an exhibition of strong feeling, usually of a pathetic or passionate character, between two or more persons.
  • n. A view; a landscape; scenery.
  • n. = Syn.8. Prospect, Landscape, etc. See view.
  • To exhibit; make an exhibition or scene of; display; set out.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a situation treated as an observable object
  • n. the context and environment in which something is set
  • n. an incident (real or imaginary)
  • n. a display of bad temper
  • n. the visual percept of a region
  • n. the place where some action occurs
  • n. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
  • n. graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
  • n. a subdivision of an act of a play
  • n. the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    scenic route    scenic    scenery   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spectacle    show    exhibition    view    scenery    display   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aileen    Amin    Arleen    Augustin    Bean    Cathleen    Celine    Charlene    Christine    Clymene   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    picture    story    event    character    incident    Life    aspect    music    quarter    husband