Meaning of 'scene'

Meaning of 'scene' (Webster Dictionary)

1. Scene

[ n.]

- 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.

2. Scene

[ v. t.]

- To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Meaning of 'scene' (Princeton's WordNet)

1. scene

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a display of bad temper

Example in sentence:

he had a fit;
he made a scene;
she threw a tantrum

Meaning (2):
- 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 (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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