scenes

See also: scènes

English

Alternative forms

• scænes (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /siːnz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sinz/

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Noun

scenes

1. plural of scene
2. (UK, informal) A funny or incredible and usually chaotic situation.
   • 2020 March 15, “Absolute scenes in Morrisons’ – People are sharing pictures from York supermarkets and it’s not pretty”, in YorkMix‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 May 2021:

     On Twitter Kathryn Myhill described the ‘absolute scenes in Morrisons’ which had sold out of pasta, flour and chopped tomatoes.

   • 2024 April 1, John McNicoll, It's Coming Home (Probably): One Man's Years of Hurt, Pitch Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

     With just five minutes left on the clock, a near carbon copy of the first goal followed, this time with Jack Grealish playing the ball across goal for Harry Kane to stoop down low and head in his first goal of the tournament. Scenes. Absolute scenes. The drinks carried on long into the night after that one.

Verb

scenes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scene

Anagrams

• censes, sences

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeː.nes/

Adjective

sċēnes

1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of sċēne