/siːn/
OriginFrom Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
- countable, uncountableThe location of an event that attracts attention.
“the scene of the crime”
“Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.”
- archaic, countable, uncountableThe stage.
“They stood in the centre of the scene.”
- countable, uncountableThe decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
“to paint scenes”
“to change the scenes”
“behind the scenes”
- countable, uncountableA part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
“The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.”
“The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.”
“There were some very erotic scenes in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography.”
- countable, uncountableThe location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
“In Troy, there lies the scene.”
“The world is a vast scene of strife.”
- countable, uncountableA combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
“He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.”
“They saw an angry scene outside the pub.”
“Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!”
- countable, uncountableA landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
“A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, / Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.”
“He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner sw”
- countable, uncountableAn exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
“The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene.”
“The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.”
“Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait or some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offence, and careless of giving it.”
- countable, uncountableAn element of fiction writing.
- countable, uncountableA social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
“She got into the emo scene at an early age.”
“Indie just isn't my scene.”
- uncountable(by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
- countable, uncountable(by extension) An aesthetic characterized by vibrant, often neon colors, heavily teased and brightly dyed hair with long bangs, skinny jeans, band tees, and layered accessories like studded belts and plastic jewelry; heavily influenced by MySpace culture, emo, pop-punk, and electronic music, with a …
- countable, uncountableA fantasy that is acted out.
- transitiveTo exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
- intransitiveTo roleplay.
- A notice to actors that their performance has ended.
Formsscenes(plural) · scæne(alternative, archaic) · scenes(present, singular, third-person) · scening(participle, present) · scened(participle, past) · scened(past) · scene!(canonical)