| scene | |
| 1. n. The location of an event that attracts attention. | |
| the scene of the crime | |
| 2. n. (theater) 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. | |
| They stood in the centre of the scene. | |
| 3. n. 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 | |
| to paint scenes | |
| to change the scenes | |
| behind the scenes | |
| 4. n. 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 5. n. 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 o | |
| 6. n. 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. | |
| He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe. | |
| 7. n. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. | |
| 8. n. An 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. | |
| They saw an angry scene outside the pub. | |
| The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store. | |
| 9. n. An element of fiction writing. | |
| 10. n. A 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. | |
| 11. v. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. | |
