Scene

/siːn/ · noun

Meaning

The location of an event that attracts attention..

Definitions by Sense

1. The location of an event that attracts attention.
2. (archaic, theater) The stage.
3. (theater) The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
4. (theater, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
5. The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
6. A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
7. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
8. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.

Example Sentences

the scene of the crime

Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.

They stood in the centre of the scene.

to paint scenes

to change the scenes

behind the 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.

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Antonyms for scene

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Word Forms

• scenes
• scæne
• scening
• scened
• scene!

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