Scene
WordNet
noun
(1) Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
"He painted scenes from everyday life"
"Figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
(2) The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
"They worked all night painting the scenery"
(3) The visual percept of a region
"The most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
(4) A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
(5) A subdivision of an act of a play
"The first act has three scenes"
(6) An incident (real or imaginary)
"Their parting was a sad scene"
(7) The context and environment in which something is set
"The perfect setting for a ghost story"
(8) The place where some action occurs
"The police returned to the scene of the crime"
(9) A situation treated as an observable object
"The political picture is favorable"
"The religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
(10) A display of bad temper
"He had a fit"
"She threw a tantrum"
"He made a scene"
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Etymology
From , from , , from .
Noun
- The location of an event that attracts attention.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- 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.
- An element of fiction writing.
- A social environment consisting of a large informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity.