scene

/siːn/

noun

  1. 1

    The location of an event that attracts attention.

    the scene of the crime
  2. 2

    The stage.

    They stood in the centre of the scene.
  3. 3

    The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set

    behind the scenes
  4. 4

    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.

    The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
  5. 5

    The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up

  6. 6

    A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.

    He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.
  7. 7

    A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

  8. 8

    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

    The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.
  9. 9

    An element of fiction writing.

  10. 10

    A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.

    She got into the emo scene at an early age.

verb

  1. 1

    To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

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