scene

scene
scene [sēn]
n.
[MFr scène < L scena, scaena < Gr skēnē, covered place, tent, stage < IE base * sk̑ai-, to gleam softly > SHINE]
1. in ancient Greece or Rome, a theater stage
2. the place in which any event, real or imagined, occurs [the scene of a battle]
3. the setting or locale of the action of a play, opera, story, etc. [the scene of Hamlet is Denmark]
4. a division of a play, usually part of an act, in which conventionally the action is continuous and in a single place
5.
a) a part of a play, film, story, etc. that constitutes a unit of development or action, as a passage between certain characters
b) Film a section of a film, usually made up of a number of shots, which is unified by time, setting, characters, etc.
6. SCENERY (sense 1)
7. a view of people or places; picture or spectacle
8. an awkward or embarrassing display of strong or excited feeling before others [to make a scene in court]
9. an episode, situation, or event, real or imaginary, esp. as described or represented
10. Informal the locale or environment for a specified activity [the poetry scene]
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behind the scenes
1. backstage
2. in private or in secrecy; not for public knowledge
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☆ make the scene Slang
1. to be present
2. to participate, esp. in an effective or noticeable way

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  • scene — W2S2 [si:n] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(play/film)¦ 2¦(activities)¦ 3¦(accident/crime)¦ 4¦(view/picture)¦ 5¦(event/situation)¦ 6¦(argument)¦ 7 not be your scene 8 behind the scenes 9 set the scene 10 be/come on the scene …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • scene — [ sin ] noun count *** ▸ 1 part of play/book etc. ▸ 2 view ▸ 3 place where something happens ▸ 4 activity/interest ▸ 5 argument etc. in public ▸ 6 situation ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a part of a play, book, movie, etc. in which events happen in the same… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • scene — SCENE. s. f. La partie du theatre, où les acteurs representent devant le public. Dés que cet acteur paroist sur la scene. la scene estoit trop remplie d acteurs. Il se prend aussi quelquefois pour tout le theatre. La decoration de la scene. la… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Scene — Scène  Pour les articles homophones, voir Cène et Seine. La scène en Théâtre Polonaise en …   Wikipédia en Français

  • scene — ► NOUN 1) the place where a real or fictional incident occurs or occurred. 2) a view or landscape as seen by a spectator. 3) an incident or representation of an incident of a specified nature: scenes of violence. 4) a sequence of continuous… …   English terms dictionary

  • Scene — 〈[ si:n] f.; ; unz.; umg.〉 = Szene [engl., „Szene“] * * * Scene [si:n ], die; , s <Pl. selten> [engl. scene < (m)frz. scène, ↑ Szene] (Jargon): 1. Örtlichkeit in einer Stadt, wo Verkäufer u. Käufer von ↑ …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Scene — Scene, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh a covered place, a tent, a stage.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scene — (n.) 1530s, subdivision of an act of a play, also stage setting, from M.Fr. scène (14c.), from L. scaena, scena scene, stage, from Gk. skene scene, stage, originally tent or booth, related to skia shadow, shade, via notion of something that gives …   Etymology dictionary

  • scene — [n1] setting of a performance or event arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set,… …   New thesaurus

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