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Definition of Scene
- 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"
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"
- the visual percept of a region; "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
- a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes"
- an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene"
- the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
- the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
- a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
- a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"
Hyponyms: backdrop, background, backcloth, flat, masking piece, masking, set piece, ground, coast, exposure, foreground, glimpse, middle distance, side view, tableau, outtake, scenario, light, darkness, dark, shadow, field of honor, stage, venue, locale, locus
Part Meronyms: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick, act
Derivational Morphology: watch, view, see, catch, take in
Anagrams: cense
| Language Translations: | |||
| Chinese: 景色 | Danish: scene | ||
| Dutch: scène | Finnish: näyttämö | ||
| French: scène | German: Szene | ||
| Greek: σκηνή | Hebrew: סצנה | ||
| Hungarian: szin | Ido: ceno | ||
| Italian: scena | Japanese: 現場 | ||
| Korean: 장면 | Malayalam: രംഗം | ||
| Portuguese: cena | Russian: сцена | ||
| Serbian: pozorje | Spanish: escena | ||
| Swedish: scen | |||
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