scene

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; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, vista, panorama]

4 a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: shot]

5 a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture]

6 a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes"

7 a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, conniption]

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" [syn: view]

9 the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting]

10 the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery" [syn: scenery]

English

Etymology

From Med. French scène < scaena, scena si:n/

• Homophones: seen
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
8. An element of fiction writing.
9. A social environment consisting of a large informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity.

Derived terms

• scenic
• scenery
• scenic route

Translations

• Arabic:
• Chinese: 景色 (jǐngsè)
• Czech: scéna
• Danish: scene, optrin (7)
• Dutch: scène
• Finnish: näyttämö, kohtaus (1-3), tapahtumapaikka (4)
• French: scène
• German: Szene
• Greek: σκηνή
• Hebrew: סצנה (stzena)
• Hungarian: szín, színhely, kép (1-3), jelenet (4), látvány (6)
• Ido: ceno
• Italian: scena
• Japanese: 現場 (げんば, genba)
• Korean: 장면 (jangmyeon)
• Malayalam: രംഗം (ramgam) (1)
• Portuguese: cena
• Russian: сцена (stséna)
• Serbian: pozorje , pozornica
• Spanish: escena
• Swedish: scen (1,2,7)

See also

• proscenium

Verb

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

Italian

Noun

scene

1. Plural of scena

Old English

Etymology

Common Germanic *skaunaz

Adjective

scēne

1. resplendent
2. beautiful

Scene may refer to:

Music

• Scene (album), a noise album by Merzbow
• Scenes (album), a music album by Marty Friedman
• Scenes (band), Irish Jazz/Rock/Experimental Band
• The Scene (band), a Canadian rock band
• The Scene (UK band), 1970s British Mod Revival band
• The Scene, a song by Canadian band Big Sugar from their 1998 album Heated
• A name used by Japanese Punk guitarist Minoru Kojima
• Ocean Colour Scene, a rock band from Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Other arts and media

• Scene (fiction), an element of a larger fictional work such as a play
• Scene (film), a part of action in a single location in a TV or movie, comprised of a series of shots
• The Scene (Entourage), Entourage episode
• The Scene (miniseries), a miniseries about the film piracy and the warez scene
• Cleveland Scene, an alternative newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Scene, a bi-weekly entertainment magazine published for London, Ontario, Canada
• CBC News: The Scene, a Canadian entertainment news show on CBC, hosted by Jelena Adzic

Technology

• The Scene (software), a collection of pirate networks that obtain and copy new movies, music, and games, usually before they are even released
• Demoscene, a computer subculture

Other

• Scene (BDSM), a complete encounter in BDSM
• Scene (subculture), a subculture or art world that appeared in the early 2000s

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