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The definition of a scenario is a series of events that is projected to occur.

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When you run through all of the possible outcomes of a conversation in your head, this is an example of a situation where you run through all possible scenarios.

See scenario in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. scenarios

an outline or synopsis of a play, opera, or the like, indicating scenes, characters, etc.
☆ the script of a film
an outline for any proposed or planned series of events, real or imagined

Origin: It < L scaenarium < scaena, stage, scene

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☆ scenarist noun

See scenario in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sce·nar·i·os

An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
a. An outline for a screenplay.
b. A treatment for a screenplay.
c. A screenplay.
An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events: “In the scenario posed by many climatologists, decades of continued global warming would raise sea levels anywhere from 20 inches to more than 11 feet” (San Francisco Chronicle).

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Origin: Italian

Origin: , from scena, scene

Origin: , from Latin scaena; see scene

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