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scene
(s/i/n )

noun (n)

  • the place where some action occurs(noun.location)
    Example:
    The police returned to the scene of the crime.
    source: wordnet30
  • an incident (real or imaginary)(noun.event)
    Example:
    Their parting was a sad scene.
    source: wordnet30
  • the visual percept of a region(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    aspect, panorama, prospect, view, vista
    source: wordnet30
  • a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    shot
    source: wordnet30
  • a situation treated as an observable object(noun.state)
    Example:
    The religious scene in England has changed in the last century.
    Synonym:
    picture
    source: wordnet30
  • a subdivision of an act of a play(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The first act has three scenes.
    source: wordnet30
  • a display of bad temper(noun.state)
    Example:
    He made a scene.
    Synonym:
    conniption, fit, tantrum
    source: wordnet30
  • graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He painted scenes from everyday life.
    Synonym:
    view
    source: wordnet30
  • the context and environment in which something is set(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    setting
    source: wordnet30
  • the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    They worked all night painting the scenery.
    Synonym:
    scenery
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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