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scene meaning and definition

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SCENE noun

Definition of scene (noun)

  1. the place where some action occurs
    • "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
  2. an incident (real or imaginary)
    • "their parting was a sad scene"
  3. the visual percept of a region
  4. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
  5. a situation treated as an observable object
    • "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
    • synonyms: picture
  6. a subdivision of an act of a play
    • "the first act has three scenes"
  7. a display of bad temper
  8. 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"
    • synonyms: view
  9. the context and environment in which something is set
    • "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
    • synonyms: setting
  10. the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
    • "they worked all night painting the scenery"
    • synonyms: scenery
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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