noun
- The place where some action occurs.
- usage: "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
- An incident (real or imaginary. )
- usage: "their parting was a sad scene"
- The visual percept of a region.
- usage: "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
- A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film.
- synonyms: shot
- A situation treated as an observable object.
- usage: "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
- synonyms: picture
- A subdivision of an act of a play.
- usage: "the first act has three scenes"
- A display of bad temper.
- usage: "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"
- synonyms: fit, tantrum, conniption
- Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.
- usage: "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
- synonyms: view
- The context and environment in which something is set.
- usage: "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
- synonyms: setting
- The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale.
- usage: "they worked all night painting the scenery"
- synonyms: scenery
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