'Scene' definitions:

Definition of 'scene'

(from WordNet)
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The place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
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An incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene"
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The visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama]
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A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: scene, shot]
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A situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene]
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A subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes"
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A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption]
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Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" [syn: scene, view]
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The context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene]
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The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene]

Definition of 'Scene'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. 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. "In Troy, there lies the scene." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The world is a vast scene of strife. --J. M. Mason. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. [1913 Webster]
  • A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display. [1913 Webster]
  • Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
  • Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scene'

From: GCIDE
  • Scene \Scene\, v. t. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.] --Abp. Sancroft. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'scene'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Scene'