Scene Definition
sēn
scenes
noun
scenes
The place in which any event, real or imagined, occurs.
The scene of a battle.
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The setting or locale of the action of a play, opera, story, etc.
The scene of Hamlet is Denmark.
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In ancient Greece or Rome, a theater stage.
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A division of a play, usually part of an act, in which conventionally the action is continuous and in a single place.
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A view of people or places; picture or spectacle.
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verb
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
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idiom
behind the scenes
- Backstage.
- Out of public view; in secret.
American Heritage
behind the scenes
- backstage
- in private or in secrecy; not for public knowledge
Webster's New World
make the scene
- to be present
- to participate, esp. in an effective or noticeable way
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Other Word Forms of Scene
Noun
Singular:
scene
Plural:
scenesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Scene
- behind the scenes
- behind the scenes
- make the scene
Origin of Scene
French scène stage from Old French from Latin scaena from Greek skēnē tent, stage (via Etruscan)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French scene, from Latin scaena, scÄ“na, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skÄ“nÄ“, “scene, stage").
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