scene

English

/siːn/

noun
Definitions
  • The location of an event that attracts attention.
  • (archaic) the stage.
  • (theatre) The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set
  • (theatre) A 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 location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up
  • A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
  • A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
  • 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
  • An element of fiction writing.
  • A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.

Etymology

Derived from Middle French scene derived from Latin scaena derived from Ancient Greek σκηνή (stage, scene, tent, theatre stage, booth).

Origin

Ancient Greek

σκηνή

Gloss

stage, scene, tent, theatre stage, booth

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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