Meaning of 'scene' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- 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.
- To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
Meaning of 'scene' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
Example in sentence:- figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment;
- he painted scenes from everyday life
Meaning (2):
- a display of bad temper
Example in sentence:- he had a fit;
- he made a scene;
- she threw a tantrum
Meaning (3):
- a subdivision of an act of a play
Example in sentence:- the first act has three scenes
Meaning (4):
- the visual percept of a region
Example in sentence:- the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Meaning (5):
- the context and environment in which something is set
Example in sentence:- the perfect setting for a ghost story
Meaning (6):
- the place where some action occurs
Example in sentence:- the police returned to the scene of the crime
Meaning (7):
- a situation treated as an observable object
Example in sentence:- the political picture is favorable;
- the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
Meaning (8):
- an incident (real or imaginary)
Example in sentence:- their parting was a sad scene
Meaning (9):
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
Example in sentence:- they worked all night painting the scenery
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