scene
Other forms: scenes
A scene is where something happens or happened. How did you know that the thief would return to the scene of the crime?
Scene can also describe part of a movie or a play. Did the last scene make you laugh, cry, or fall asleep? There are lots of common phrases that use the word scene. If you “make a scene,” you draw attention to yourself with some kind of outburst. If something happens “behind the scenes,” the public doesn't know about it.
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the place where some action occurs“the police returned to the scene of the crime”types:lightan illuminated areafield of honorthe scene of a duelstageany scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
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the context and environment in which something is set
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the visual percept of a regiontypes:coastthe area within viewexposureaspect resulting from the direction a building or window facesforegroundthe part of a scene that is near the viewerglimpsea brief or incomplete viewmiddle distancethe part of a scene between the foreground and the backgroundside viewa view from the side of somethingtableauany dramatic sceneprofilean outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)type of:
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graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept“he painted scenes from everyday life”synonyms: viewtype of:graphic artthe arts of drawing or painting or printmaking
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a situation treated as an observable object“the religious scene in England has changed in the last century”synonyms: picturetype of:situation, state of affairsthe general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
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an incident (real or imaginary)“their parting was a sad scene”type of:incidenta single distinct event
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a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a filmsynonyms: shottypes:outtakea scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the filmvignettea short evocative scene, as in a film or playtype of:exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picturea representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
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the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular localesynonyms: scenerytypes:flatscenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage settingmasking, masking piecescenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seenset piecea piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage setting
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a subdivision of an act of a play“the first act has three scenes”types:vignettea short evocative scene, as in a film or playtype of:dramatic composition, dramatic worka play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.
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a display of bad temper
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