Scene Definition

sēn
scenes
noun
scenes
The place in which any event, real or imagined, occurs.
The scene of a battle.
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The setting or locale of the action of a play, opera, story, etc.
The scene of Hamlet is Denmark.
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In ancient Greece or Rome, a theater stage.
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A division of a play, usually part of an act, in which conventionally the action is continuous and in a single place.
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A view of people or places; picture or spectacle.
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Antonyms:
verb
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
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idiom
behind the scenes
  • Backstage.
  • Out of public view; in secret.
American Heritage
behind the scenes
  • backstage
  • in private or in secrecy; not for public knowledge
Webster's New World
make the scene
  • to be present
  • to participate, esp. in an effective or noticeable way
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Other Word Forms of Scene

Noun

Singular:
scene
Plural:
scenes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Scene

Origin of Scene

  • French scène stage from Old French from Latin scaena from Greek skēnē tent, stage (via Etruscan)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French scene, from Latin scaena, scÄ“na, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skÄ“nÄ“, “scene, stage").

    From Wiktionary

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