scene

scene
scene [ sin ] noun count ***
▸ 1 part of play/book etc.
▸ 2 view
▸ 3 place where something happens
▸ 4 activity/interest
▸ 5 argument etc. in public
▸ 6 situation
▸ + PHRASES
1. ) a part of a play, book, movie, etc. in which events happen in the same place or period of time:
a love scene
opening/final scene: the opening scene of Macbeth
film/shoot/rehearse a scene: We have to shoot this scene today.
2. ) a view that you can see in a picture or from the place where you are:
She stood in the doorway surveying the scene.
paintings that depict scenes of country life
3. ) usually singular a place where something happens, usually something bad:
scene of: the scene of the crime/accident/attack
on/at the scene: The paramedics will be at the scene within a few minutes.
a ) something that happens in a particular place:
scene of: Eyewitness reports describe a scene of desolation.
describe/imagine/picture/visualize a scene: Picture a peaceful scene and try to relax.
4. ) usually singular a particular interest or activity, and the people and places that are involved in it:
He is an important figure on the political scene.
the music/rave/dance scene
5. ) a noisy argument or a strong show of feelings in a public place:
make/cause a scene: Shh, you're causing a scene!
6. ) usually singular AMERICAN INFORMAL a situation:
There's a bad scene at home right now.
be/come on the scene
to start to exist or to get involved in a situation or activity:
a band that first came on the scene in the 1980s
behind the scenes
1. ) secretly instead of publicly:
These agreements have been drafted by officials behind the scenes.
behind-the-scenes negotiations
2. ) not seen or heard by the audience of a movie, play, etc.:
He prefers to work behind the scenes as a director.
not your scene INFORMAL
not something you enjoy:
Camping isn't my scene.
set the scene
1. ) to create the conditions that make it possible for an event to happen:
set the scene for: These findings have set the scene for further debate on the system.
2. ) to give someone the information they need so that they can understand what is going to happen or be said:
Let me just set the scene by telling you a little about the school.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • scène — [ sɛn ] n. f. • 1595; « représentation théâtrale de l Antiquité » v. 1375; rare av. XVIIe; lat. scæna, gr. skênê « tente », à cause de la construction édifiée sur la scène des théâtres grecs I ♦ 1 ♦ Dans un théâtre, L emplacement où les acteurs… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • scene — W2S2 [si:n] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(play/film)¦ 2¦(activities)¦ 3¦(accident/crime)¦ 4¦(view/picture)¦ 5¦(event/situation)¦ 6¦(argument)¦ 7 not be your scene 8 behind the scenes 9 set the scene 10 be/come on the scene …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • scene — SCENE. s. f. La partie du theatre, où les acteurs representent devant le public. Dés que cet acteur paroist sur la scene. la scene estoit trop remplie d acteurs. Il se prend aussi quelquefois pour tout le theatre. La decoration de la scene. la… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Scene — Scène  Pour les articles homophones, voir Cène et Seine. La scène en Théâtre Polonaise en …   Wikipédia en Français

  • scene — ► NOUN 1) the place where a real or fictional incident occurs or occurred. 2) a view or landscape as seen by a spectator. 3) an incident or representation of an incident of a specified nature: scenes of violence. 4) a sequence of continuous… …   English terms dictionary

  • Scene — 〈[ si:n] f.; ; unz.; umg.〉 = Szene [engl., „Szene“] * * * Scene [si:n ], die; , s <Pl. selten> [engl. scene < (m)frz. scène, ↑ Szene] (Jargon): 1. Örtlichkeit in einer Stadt, wo Verkäufer u. Käufer von ↑ …   Universal-Lexikon

  • scene — [sēn] n. [MFr scène < L scena, scaena < Gr skēnē, covered place, tent, stage < IE base * sk̑ai , to gleam softly > SHINE] 1. in ancient Greece or Rome, a theater stage 2. the place in which any event, real or imagined, occurs [the… …   English World dictionary

  • Scene — Scene, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh a covered place, a tent, a stage.] 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scene — (n.) 1530s, subdivision of an act of a play, also stage setting, from M.Fr. scène (14c.), from L. scaena, scena scene, stage, from Gk. skene scene, stage, originally tent or booth, related to skia shadow, shade, via notion of something that gives …   Etymology dictionary

  • scene — [n1] setting of a performance or event arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set,… …   New thesaurus

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