scene
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See also scène
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[edit] English
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- scæne (archaic)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French scene, from Latin scaena, scēna, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnē, “scene, stage”).
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scene (plural scenes)
- The location of an event that attracts attention.
- the scene of the crime
- (theater) 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.
- They stood in the centre of the scene.
- 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 play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.
- The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
- 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.
- There were some very erotic scenes in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography.
- 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.
- He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.
- 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.
- They saw an angry scene outside the pub.
- The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.
- 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.
- She got into the emo scene at an early age.
[edit] Derived terms
- behind-the-scenes
- crime scene
- cut scene
- deleted scene
- Nativity Scene
- primal scene
- scene-dock
- scene kid
- scene-shifter
- scenic
- scenery
- scenic route
- sex scene
[edit] Translations
the location of an event that attracts attention
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[edit] Verb
scene (third-person singular simple present scenes, present participle scening, simple past and past participle scened)
- To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
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[edit] Noun
scene f.
- Plural form of scena.
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[edit] Adjective
scēne
- Alternative form of scīene.
