Definition of scene

noun (n)

• the place where some action occurs (noun.location)

  Example:
  The police returned to the scene of the crime.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an incident (real or imaginary) (noun.event)

  Example:
  Their parting was a sad scene.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the visual percept of a region (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: aspect, panorama, prospect, view, vista
  

  source: wordnet30
• a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film (noun.communication)

  Synonym: shot
  

  source: wordnet30
• a situation treated as an observable object (noun.state)

  Synonym: picture
  

  Example:
  The religious scene in England has changed in the last century.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a subdivision of an act of a play (noun.communication)

  Example:
  The first act has three scenes.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a display of bad temper (noun.state)

  Synonym: conniption, fit, tantrum
  

  Example:
  He made a scene.
  

  source: wordnet30
• graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: view
  

  Example:
  He painted scenes from everyday life.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the context and environment in which something is set (noun.location)

  Synonym: setting
  

  source: wordnet30
• the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: scenery
  

  Example:
  They worked all night painting the scenery.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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